Word: holderness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With Gov. Phillip A. Hoff, a McCarthy supporter, at the head of the party and the only significant Democratic office-holder in the past few years, liberals have played an important part in the decision-making. The 7000-member McCarthy organization--with a heavy dose of academicians--will probably go for a Democratic Coalition like the CDC after the election. Affluent McCarthyites have increased their control by giving generously this fall to moderate party candidates. If Hoff runs for the U.S. Senate in 1970, the liberal Coalition will most likely provide his base of support...
...McCarthy for the first ballot at the Democratic National Convention because of the Minnesota Democrat's victory in the April Massachusetts presidential primary. The Bay State Congressman, a member of the powerful House Rules Committee and an eight-term incumbent, is the first major Massachusetts Democratic office-holder to endorse McCarthy...
...market, stock certificates have always had a certain value just hanging on the wall. Christmas shoppers have been known to frame a particularly handsome, ornately engraved share of stock for the man who has everything. Unfortunately, the beauty of certificates lies only in the eye of the holder. To those who buy, sell and keep them in trust, they are a constant headache...
Rulon was an enthusiastic aviator, who held a commercial pilot's license. He was also interested in boats and motorcycles. A faculty note at the time of his retirement said: "The picture of Rulon astride his crimson motorcycle with a cigarette holder clenched in teeth and a homburg perched on his head is a legend among the inhabitants of Harvard Square...
...measure can be taken precisely in feet and inches, but he also has a far less exact psychological, or perceived, height. In the eye of the be holder, he may seem taller or shorter in direct proportion to his title or accomplishments. So says Australian Psychologist Paul R. Wilson in the Journal of Social Psychology...