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Although he stressed healing the town-gown split in the City's weal-thier sections, he played it down elsewhere. "I was caught in a bind," he explains. "I'm on record as dedicated to breaking down the resentment, but I want to get elected." For both politi- cal and ideological reasons he is unwilling to abandon CCA endorsement, yet friends say it hurt him significantly in the traditionally non-CCA areas in which he grew up or has strong ties. "No one was willing to tell me this before the election," he muses...

Author: By Robert J. Samuelson, | Title: How To Lose a City Council Race Once, but Probably Not Twice | 11/23/1965 | See Source »

...seconds to put through the call. Then the press secretary mounted the stage of the hospital's movie theater to announce: "The operation was a complete success." By 11 a.m. the President was fully awake. Summoning Moyers, he asked: "Bill, how are you?" Moyers, swathed in a surgical gown, brought good news. His first words to the boss: "The stock market opened strong today, Mr. President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Not a Usual Man | 10/15/1965 | See Source »

Jackie gamely stuck with it until 12:30, then quietly slipped on her Jean Patou coat over her mint-green gown and left by the stage door, where a car waited to take her to the Ritz-Carlton. Next day she headed for the Kennedy compound at Cape Cod, where an Indian-summer day awaited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Society: Graceful Entrance | 10/1/1965 | See Source »

...Andy and fellow onlookers toasted her in champagne from below. A week later they showed up at the exclusive dinner given by the old-guard Nine O'Clockers of New York, Andy dressed in his usual black, bespotted denim work pants and Edie in a black crepe evening gown with shoulder-length white gloves, topped with ostrich feathers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Society: Edie & Andy | 8/27/1965 | See Source »

...caviar and that of pop and pot. After several paper cups full of champagne and apple cider, the socialites unbuttoned their suit jackets, set their ties at half-mast, and mixed it up with the denizens of the underground on the dance floor. Said one girl in a Pucci gown: "This is a gas! I mean, this is what I call a real party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Society: Edie & Andy | 8/27/1965 | See Source »

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