Word: joviality
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Republican," Robert A. Taft, running unopposed, got 73,000 more votes in the Republican primary than all seven candidates seeking the Democratic nomination put together. The winning Democrat, who will face Taft in November, is bouncy, bombastic State Auditor Joseph ("Jumping Joe") T. Ferguson. Since Jumping Joe, a jovial hack, was a bit weak on big world issues, Democrats had to reassure themselves that at least he was quite a vote getter. The story goes that when asked what he thought about Formosa, Jumping Joe replied: "Don't worry about Formosa-I carried it by 2,000 votes...
When Duncan explores a field filled with eerie Druids' stones, Gerald accosts him in clouded anger, then mutters, "I suppose you had to come here sooner or later." The boy begins to sense that there are two Uncle Geralds: one normal and jovial, the other dark and menacing...