Word: humphrey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There are now nine Senators in the group--Case, Clark, Douglas, Humphrey, Ives, McNamara, Morse, Murray, and Neuberger. They need forty more, and a decisive number of these must be Republicans, for none will be found in the South and few if any in the border states...
...Democratic Senators, led by Hubert H. Humphrey (Minn.) and Paul Douglas (Ill.), initiated this newest attempt to revise Rule XXII. The six northern Democratic liberals were joined recently by two Eastern Republicans, Irving Ives (N.Y.) and Clifford Case...
...sometimes requires a wheeler-dealer with a big stick. But Mansfield has impressive support. Texas' Johnson is strongly behind him. So are many Southern conservatives (Mansfield was a special protege of Georgia's retired Senator Walter George). So are such northerners as Minnesota's Hubert Humphrey, Oregon's Wayne Morse and Illinois' Paul Douglas. If he can persuade the dissident Democrats to work together, onetime Private First Class Mansfield may become a Senate commander of the highest rank...
...resignation so the President could have the customary chance to start his new term with some shiny new brass around him. Almost before the letters were in, Ike passed the word that he has taken a shine to the brass he has. He personally persuaded a reluctant George Humphrey, 66, to remain at his desk as Secretary of the Treasury. Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks, 63, restive and weary, was talked into staying put. Even Special Assistant on Disarmament Harold Stassen, 49, who led the revolt against Richard Nixon's renomination, was allowed to keep his keys...
...Gill-sized Author Capote-5 ft. 4 in., 122 Ibs. -is an accomplished judo artist, is proud of his ability to outwrestle Screen Tough Guy Humphrey Bogart...