Word: horatius
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Compelled to stand by their party, but unwilling to attack MacArthur in the face of public opinion, they mumbled about the President's right to fire an insubordinate general. They were only saved from complete rout by a freshman Senator, Oklahoma's Robert Kerr. Like a Democratic Horatius, Kerr fought a desperate battle all afternoon in the Senate. "The Republicans are making a lot of noise on this floor today," said he, "but they are dodging the real issue. If they . . . believe that the future security of this nation depends on following the MacArthur policy, let them...
Died. Hattie Wyatt Caraway, 72, first woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate;* in Falls Church, Va. Widow of eloquent, acid-tongued Senator (1921-31) Thaddeus Horatius Caraway of Arkansas, she was appointed to his seat by Governor Harvey Parnell, got elected to full terms in '32 and '38. She sat quietly in the Senate for 13 years, always dressed in black, made about one speech a year, voted the straight New Deal line...
...Etruscan invader of Macaulay's Horatius at the Bridge...