Word: knowed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...problem of overriding interest in presidential politics: New Hampshire's early-bird primary, to be held March 8, which may make or break Rocky's candidacy. Rockefeller telephoned Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire's most powerful Republican. "Hiya, fella," said Rocky on the phone. "You know, one of the hardest things about not being in Washington is that you miss seeing your friends." Even Styles Bridges, as case-hardened a cynic as exists in Washington politics, boggled a bit. He and Nelson Rockefeller had never been notable pals; they had barely known each other when Rockefeller worked...
...arrived just as the adjournment vote was being tallied, made a speech which was a startling departure from his usual profane tirades (TIME, June 15). "I ain't mad at anybody," Ole Earl purred. "If that's the way you like it, I don't know what else I can do. Go home, think it over, and let your conscience be your guide. Thank you, good luck, and God bless...
...such a jump on the pitcher in his first few pumping strides that Manager Al Lopez generally leaves it to him to go whenever he sees the chance. "I don't worry about hitting the long ball/' says Aparicio, "just about getting to first. After that, I know I am going to steal...
Most novelists know so little about real-life politicians that they could not and should not dare take a crack at a political novel. No novelist, but a knowing man on the subject of politicians, Allen Drury, U.S. Senate correspondent for the New York Times, thus stepped into a near vacuum in U.S. letters. His Advise and Consent is the August Book-of-the-Month Club choice, and Author Drury thought he could afford to be adamant when the B.O.M. asked him to cut his great prose pudding. So it comes to the reader with all its fat intact...
Peter Gunn (NBC, 9-9:30 p.m.). The music is as far-out as ever, but Pete pulls a switch. Right up until the last shot is fired, Pete's pals think he is lined up with the hoods. But those who saw The Fuse the first time know that he is still an honest shamus...