Word: knights
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...liked among the leaders of his own party across the U.S he has trouble in the Republican organization of his home state. His rapid rise in politics has not been greeted with any joy by two older hands in California Republicanism U.S. Senator William Knowland and Governor Goodwin J. Knight. Nixon and Knight factions have been feuding for a long time; the odds favor a Knight-controlled delegation to the Republican National Convention...
Last week Goodie Knight was among the first Republican politicians to start speculating in public about G.O.P. presidential prospects in the light of the President's illness. He listed for reporters the men he considered outstanding possibilities: California's Senator William Knowland, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, United Nations Representative Henry...
...into the race with two main handicaps : 1) a long Democratic smear campaign against Nixon, which will be used in his own party as evidence that he is a poor candidate; and 2) a personal feud with the key political figure in his own state, Governor Good win J. Knight, who will probably control the California delegation to the Republican National Convention. While Nixon is widely known and well liked by a great number of G.O.P. leaders around the country, the extent of his strength would probably depend not only on how much support Ike gave him, but also...
Another interesting innovation is a brace of Provencal albas, translated by Norman Shapiro. These albas, one the song of a knight with his lady; the other that of his watching friend, are by far the most intriguing poetic contributions to the magazine. Of the four undergraduate's poems published, Greely Curtis' speculations on death are the most acceptable. Although the poem is not inspired, it is well-turned, with a pleasing repetition of phrase structures. Both of Robert Johnston's two offerings are well-conceived, but their execution is sometimes muddled by clumsy syntax and a rather loose...
...proved) influence on lung cancer. Scientists measure the strength of a smog bout by the amount of ozone in the air. If the ozone count ever reaches 1.5 parts per million, public health officials fear disaster. The Los Angeles smog last week reached 0.90. California's Governor Goodwin Knight stood ready to declare the city a disaster area, and to proclaim martial...