Word: interests
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...antitrust case along with several other dairies and a union. Their plea was nolo contenders and they were each fined $3,000, more than half of the $5,000 maximum in a case of this kind. No where was there the slightest evidence that Humphrey had taken any special interest in the Ewald case. He answered the Trib story in a word: "Bunk...
...Wilkes parried: "That, my lord, depends on whether I embrace your mistress or your principles." Today, Prime Minister Harold Wilson can also hold his own. When a heckler shouted "Rub bish!" during a 1966 election rally, Wilson won points by imperturbably replying: "We'll take up your special interest in a moment...
...Bobby Kennedy was the idol of the poor and the deprived, worshiped by blacks, Mexican-Americans and Indians. Cynics were never able to reconcile this devotion. They believed that Kennedy exploited the poor for selfish political purposes. In fact, R.F.K. did many things for political reasons, and his initial interest in the poor may have been in part politically motivated...
...Kennedy home in McLean, Va., the family announced its plan for a Robert F. Kennedy memorial foundation. "We hope to form several task-force groups," said Edward Kennedy, "and to enlist the young. It is a most appropriate memorial-a living memorial -to carry on his concern, compassion and interest in the unmet needs of our country...
...votes, but 23,000 people backed the board. Since then, Sullivan has faced threats against his life, still gets hate mail accusing him of being a Communist. Things might have been worse, he suggests, if Berkeley residents had not had "other things to occupy their interest," namely, the frequent turmoil at the Berkeley campus of the University of California...