Word: hecklers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...every election from 1945 to the present, and though he often proved a thorn both to his church (he once called Khrushchev "a crusader for peace") and government (De Gaulle, he said, was a "big boob"), he never failed to delight his followers-as when he squelched a heckler on the existence of God with: "You've never seen my derriere, have you? Yet it exists...
...speech was slightly marred by a man in his twenties who laughed loudly and started to repeat some of Lindsay's words. The man, who identified himself as a non-student from Philadelphia, was asked to leave. Bystanders said they felt the man was "crazy" and not a political heckler...
...Rickles somehow keeps the audience on his side by playing the role of, as he explains it, "the little guy against authority." It is a technique he developed during the years he played the striptease joints. When the crowd yelled "Bring on the girls!" he would single out a heckler and ask: "You, sir, are you married? You never will be with that roller-derby jacket. What's your name? You don't know, you idiot-well, look inside your coat!" Or if the guy had a date, he would look at her and sadly inquire, "Was anyone...
...Harder. There were occasional unscripted moments of relief. At Indiana University, Secretary of State Dean Rusk kept his customary cool as he faced a student audience speckled with hecklers shouting "Murderer!," "Fascist!," "Lies!" and "Hell no, we won't go!" Rusk at first shrugged off the heckling with a joke: "Thank you for letting me be your Halloween guest. But after a student yelled, "You invited yourself," the urbane Georgian grew grim. "Let's be clear about one thing, and I'll be as gentle as I can," he said. "I am prepared to be your guest...
...Martin, now 82, was upset by another Heckler-Margaret-in last September's G.O.P. primary after 42 years in the House, 20 of them as Republican leader. Fish, now 78, was defeated for re-election in 1944; he was married last month for the second time, is currently honeymooning...