Word: hille
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Unanswered Questions. McNamara, in his final Capitol Hill appearance before moving to the World Bank, did not do much last week to assuage committee members. He aroused their ire on the first point by declaring it was "monstrous" to charge that the Administration had "induced" North Vietnamese attacks on patrolling U.S. destroyers. No one on the committee had flatly made any such allegation, though Wayne Morse did come close by declaring that the U.S. had provoked the North Vietnamese. McNamara then released a highly condensed version of his testimony that was hotly criticized by Chairman J. William Fulbright...
...years on Capitol Hill-the past twelve as junior U.S. Senator from Kentucky-Thruston Morton rose to the rim of the Republican inner sanctum, chairing the National Committee and the 1964 convention, picking his own committee slots and forcing even Minority Leader Everett Dirksen occasionally to mend his ways. There was once a time when Morton was mentioned for the presidency, but his obvious ability never seemed to be matched by equal deeds...
Much of that country-fair atmosphere originated with the trend toward enclosed, generally glass-roofed malls. Inside, developers plant tropical gardens dotted with benches, fountains and even aviaries. New Jersey's Delaware Township even changed its name to Cherry Hill, after that of its shopping center, whose verdant mall draws sightseers and customers from cities 100 miles away...
...cronies (Bobby Baker, Walter Jenkins, Joe Alsop, Sam Rayburn) maneuvered him into the vice-presidency but his legendary prowess at senatorial politics was a fraud. Mrs. Lincoln even claims that President Kennedy came to rely on Bob Kerr and Mike Mansfield when his programs were stalled on Capitol Hill, believing that Johnson hung around talking instead of getting legislation moving...
...heavyweight Bob Panoff's 3:09 pin over Rutgers' Maurice Hill could only bring the Crimson close in a losing cause. Panoff's pin was the fourth of four straight victories for the Harvard heavyweights that pulled the team back from a 19-3 deficit after the 160-pound bout...