Word: guards
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...headlines kept telling of Eisenhower Republicans in the U.S. Senate in full-feathered revolt against their Old Guard, anti-Eisenhower leadership. Yet headlines also kept telling of Old Guard, anti-Eisenhower Senate Republicans emerging from Dwight Eisenhower's office to use the White House steps as a we-got-'em-beat platform. It all seemed confusing-until, that is, the behind-the-scenes facts became known. Then it was no longer confusing; it was as plain...
...Governor of California, the handful of Eisenhower Republicans started talking about a real chance to take over. By last August the insurgent planning revolved around Vermont's George Aiken, New Jersey's Clifford Case and New York's Jacob Javits. After such Old Guard Republicans as Nevada's George Malone, Ohio's John Bricker-and Bill Knowland himself-got soundly whipped in the November elections, Aiken & Co. felt sure that they were on the right track. At first they had demanded only that one of their number be named assistant minority leader; by last week...
...President's belief was that with only 34 Republicans in the Senate of the 86th Congress, he should seek unity at all costs-and he thought that kind of unity could be best achieved under the Old Guard leadership, even though it has steadfastly opposed him. So the White House staff went into action. Items...
...Oriental spell extends beyond Miyoshi and Pat. Wilbur, the stern-eyed stage-door guard, feels that the Oriental chorus girls are politer and less brassy than the usual types; the director and the choreographer feel that the whole cast is more disciplined and quicker to learn. Says Oscar Hammerstein: "It's a strange flavor they have. They don't fawn, they don't scrape, they listen carefully. I don't think they're any more intelligent than other people, but I think the intelligence is less obscured by neuroticism." Translates Dick Rodgers: "We have...
...Junior guard Mike Dvorchek leads the squad's attack, and has averaged 16 points in the first three games. In the forecourt, Northeastern will have captain John Ericson, the only senior on the team, and Bill Viestra and Paul Calloe, both of whom stand 6 ft., 5 in. Sophomore Dick Brown is the fifth starter...