Word: kerrs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...mild-mannered methods were at fault, Mansfield finally began to act like a Senate leader. White House aides were ready to get into the fight, but Mansfield, fearing that they would only irritate the Senators, asked them to stay clear. Then, with the help of Oklahoma's Robert Kerr, Mansfield went to work...
...ever written. Seasons is a play of wit and probity about a man of wit and probity, Sir Thomas More. On the comedy front, A Thousand Clowns lives up to its title, and rings merry changes on the slightly tired subject of nonconformity. In its second season, Jean Kerr's Mary, Mary remains a wisecrackling funfest...
...could speak. Suspecting some parliamentary maneuver, she refused, instead called for a quorum. During the quorum call, Pastore walked over to the lady and whispered: "I was just going to say you are charming and lovely even without lipstick." Next day the battle grew bitter. Oklahoma's Robert Kerr, chairman of the Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee, hurled at Filibusterer Kefauver one of those windy insults dear to the oracular: "I think it is noble of him that he has volunteered to become the conscience of the Senate. It would be a little bit difficult for him to succeed...
...Governor in 1964 in order to maintain the Long dynasty back home. Russell has been in the Senate for almost 14 years and has established himself as a conscientious liberal (except on the segregation issue). At 43, he is the third-ranking Democrat (after Harry Byrd and Robert Kerr) on the powerful Senate Finance Committee, the sixth-ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee. With patience Russell is almost certain to become chairman of one or the other group in time. He was thus understandably reluctant to leave the Senate...
Mares & Medicare. Moving his rig into the Senate, Kerr quickly struck a gusher as a man who could talk at any length on any subject. He also had, briefly, even higher ambitions. In 1952 Kerr started a drive for the Democratic Presidential nomination, lasted through one roll call at the convention. "It would appear," he said later, "that the people did not realize what a superior product was being offered them." Mainly, he is noted in the Senate for his pungent rhetoric. For years he has sparred with Illinois' doughty Democrat Paul Douglas. In 1958, as Protectionist Kerr...