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Word: husker (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...search for the magic kernel still missing from his campaign, Stevenson picked and shucked issues like a corn husker. His big try was the H-bomb, but as he ranged across the land from New York to Illinois to California he went from H-bomb to foreign policy, to economics, the farm problem, unemployment and corruption. Sometimes he put them all together to spell NIXON. His language was harsh. "I don't mind telling you," he snapped at highly successful Democratic rallies in the New York suburbs, "I am good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: The Last Mile | 11/5/1956 | See Source »

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