Word: heeler
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...befit the U.S.'s democratic pretensions. This is only a prelude to the core of the talk, where Cooke sketches, in only two pages, the strange combination of pomp and efficiency surrounding any United States President, but particularly John F. Kennedy--"the grandson of the Irish saloonkeeper and ward heeler"--who now has an aura far surpassing that of "ordinary" residents of Palm Beach...
...York Giants' own cast of characters is as varied as Author Asinof's fans; the list reads like a city ward-heeler's notion of the perfect political ticket. The coach is a Brooklyn Jew. The quarterback is a WASP-a Pentecostal minister's son from the Deep South. And the star pass receiver is a Negro. But whatever their differences, the Giants have one thing in common: an unpredictable flair for the dramatic...
...York's Democratic Forum, former J.F.K. Speechwriter Ted Sorensen said that the 1966 election had plunged the Administration party into such "disaster and disarray" that Johnson's chances for re-election have been gravely "endangered." Sounding for all the world like an oldtime Tammany ward heeler, Sorensen bewailed the fact that "the unions can no longer deliver their members; their preachers can no longer deliver the Negroes; and the ward captains can no longer deliver the precincts." In truth, the increasingly sophisticated and independent U.S. voter has not been "deliverable," in Sorensen's terms, since the decline...
Unable to make good in the new world as a tailor, Morris worked as a janitor for three scrofulous tenements in Manhattan's teeming Jewish ghetto. His stipend: $33 a month and a free two-bedroom flat. He also served as a ward heeler, working under an Irish saloonkeeper who gave him money before every election to distribute (at $2 a head) to tenement dwellers who promised fealty to the Democratic ticket...
Impatient Heeler. The incidents did not appear to hinder OAS negotiations. García Godoy campaigned around town like a practiced ward heeler, even began considering Cabinet members while waiting impatiently for the formal announcement of his appointment. As one OAS meeting followed another, Caamaño seemed to back García Godoy while Imbert continued to stall. The final choice may come next week-or next month. For all its frustration, the U.S. is still certain that it is now only a matter of time before both sides agree on a name...