Word: hruska
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that it might be well to take a B student or a C student who was able to think straight, compared to one of those A students who are capable of the kind of thinking that winds up getting a 100% increase in crime in this country?" After Roman Hruska finished with it, the argument even had a certain logic-if somewhat upside down and corkscrewed. "There are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers," said the Nebraska Republican. "They are entitled to a little representation, aren't they? We can't have all Brandeises, Frankfurters...
...devote to the report; he thus managed to persuade both liberals and conservatives to accept his moderate approach. No doubt he was aided by the fact that some of his fellow commissioners were preoccupied. Eric Hoffer occasionally dozed during meetings, Congressman Hale Boggs rarely showed up, and Senator Roman Hruska diluted his authority by sending a legislative assistant to sessions...
...others: Chairman Milton S. Eisenhower, Terence Cardinal Cooke of New York City, Senator Philip Hart, Judge A. Leon Higginbotham and Psychiatrist Walter Menninger. The majority included Senator Roman Hruska, Congressmen Hale Boggs and William M. McCulloch, Author Eric Hoffer, Attorneys Leon Jaworski and Albert Jenner Jr. and Judge Ernest W. McFarland...
...favorite of the liberals was Pennsylvania's Hugh Scott, 68, an "Eastern Establishment" Republican who has served for the past eight months as minority whip under Dirksen. As the week began, the more conservative members were split between Nebraska's Roman Hruska, 65, and Tennessee's Howard Baker Jr., 43, Dirksen...
Baker could count at least twelve firm votes last week, and had a chance of capsizing Scott by picking up half a dozen undecided votes as well as support from Hruska's conservatives. Then Hruska, the third declared candidate, decided to drop out of the race and throw his support behind Baker. That left Baker and Scott in something close to a dead heat...