Word: herblocks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...America." The Atlanta Constitution, Arkansas Gazette, Denver Post and Nashville Tennessean have also urged Humphrey's election and the traditionally Democratic papers of Louisville-the Courier-Journal and the Times-probably will, too. The Washington Post does not intend to back anyone, but its cartoonist, Herblock, fills the editorial pages with sketches of the old "tricky Dick...
Fear of Being Blunted. This nimble needling of all politicians is characteristic of Oliphant, who does not wear his politics on his sleeve, and in fact considers politics to be a rather humorous calling. His politicians are not the hardened villains of the Washington Post's Herblock or the Los Angeles Times's Paul Conrad, but the hapless victims of their own personalities. Such is his inescapable fondness for the political trade that Oliphant goes out of his way to avoid meeting politicians for fear of blunting his needle. While lampooning Barry Goldwater during the 1964 campaign, Oliphant...
...parts of the world-Spain, North Africa, Scandinavia-which the Post never bothered to cover in the past. In his 32 years on the police beat, Al Lewis has proved as skillful at promoting new police techniques as he has at uncovering scandals among Washington's finest. Cartoonist Herblock, who, it is said, has "destroyed more psyches in Washington than any other individual," remains as scathing as ever...
...White House reporters he has courted and cajoled but never really won. Last week the buzz rose by several decibels in the wake of an extravagantly adulatory speech by one of his own aides (see following story) that became the target of jeering Washington comment, including a slashing Herblock cartoon...
Heavy-handed as many Northern cartoonists were, their indignant caricatures were more effective than their attempts to convey pity or shame. Though not so mawkish as some of his colleagues, Herblock at week's end sketched the murdered minister's grave. Propped against the headstone was a crown of thorns...