Word: jakes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...University was a very odd sort of dean. He was a baggily dressed man with a Yankee twang and white hair that always seemed ruffled. He called distinguished visitors "you dear folks," said "peoples" when he meant "people"; and his eminent colleague, Historian Jacques Barzun, he insisted on calling Jake...
...candidate and they desperately needed one. But the thought of state patronage in the hands of a man who didn't appreciate the delicate and desperate needs of party men sent chills up every right-thinking wardheeler's spine. After weeks of haggling indecision, Cook County Boss Jake Arvey reached a compromise: ex-Diplomat Adlai Stevenson, who wanted to run for the Senate, was persuaded to stand for governor; Douglas, who wanted to be governor, was run for Senator...