Word: harolde
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...libertine and libertarian, who heard the Earl of Sandwich roar at him in Commons: "I am convinced, Mr. Wilkes, that you will die either of a pox or on the gallows." Wilkes parried: "That, my lord, depends on whether I embrace your mistress or your principles." Today, Prime Minister Harold Wilson can also hold his own. When a heckler shouted "Rub bish!" during a 1966 election rally, Wilson won points by imperturbably replying: "We'll take up your special interest in a moment...
...place Harold Hughes struggled past David Stanley by a bare four per cent after running neck and neck most of the evening hours. Hughes, who nominated McCarthy at the Democratic Convention, was not expected to win in hawkish, conservative Iowa...
Growth. Regardless of the specific problem, both must be considered pragmatists. Each stands at his party's center after more than two decades in national politics. Both have shown great capacity for growth. Nixon started out in 1946 as a follower of Harold Stassen, applauding the Minnesotan's "campaign to liberalize the Republican Party." Stassen gave the young congressional candidate a hand that year, but a decade later tried to have him dumped as Dwight Eisenhower's running mate. In the interim, Nixon acquired a gut fighter's reputation that softened only after his forced retirement...
...meaning will lie in the eye and mind of the beholder. The mirror is the message. The playgoer will see what he wants to see, which, even in these lesser plays, is Harold Pinter's subtlest hold...
...number of candidates who have stood fast both against the war and against domestic backlash is small, their caliber is unusually high. Paul O'Dwyer (N.Y.), William G. Clark (Ill.), Harold Hughes (Iowa), John Gilligan (Ohio) and Alan Cranston (Calif.) are five exceptional challengers who have done much to free their party from the likes of Mayor Daley and President Johnson. Similarly Abraham Ribicoff (Conn.) and George McGovern (S.D.) distinguished themselves at the Democratic Convention, while Ernest Gruening (Alaska), Gaylord Nelson (Wisc.), and Franch Church (Idaho) have performed yeoman service inside the Senate...