Word: known
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Local 299 for the years prior to 1953, had been destroyed or hidden. Most of the important Teamster officials who testified ducked behind the Fifth Amendment. Hoffa himself never took the Fifth, but he displayed what one Senator called "the best forgettery of anyone I have ever known." In a single committee session, Hoffa pleaded lack of memory in times in response to committee questions...
Before his arrival in Washington, Rocky had to rid himself of an embarrassment. In hotel-suite conversations at the recent Governors' Conference in Puerto Rico, he had let it be known that he would base his decision about 1960 on this November's political polls: whether they showed that he, rather than Vice President Richard Nixon, would be the stronger G.O.P. candidate. But the polls had Nixon far ahead and increasing his lead (TIME, Aug. 24). Rockefeller called an Albany news conference, said of his statement about relying on the polls:*"I should like to state that...
...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 in Washington...
Norwegian Date. New York's Rockefeller understood perfectly, accepted Bridges' statement graciously. But in visiting and posing for pictures with Styles Bridges, he had effectively made known his interest in the New Hampshire primary, served notice on New Hampshire
...week's end nine persons were known dead. It would be days or weeks before anyone knew how many others might lie buried beneath the 150-350 ft. of fallen rock. But the American Red Cross, compiling a list based on reports from relatives and friends, said at least 1,500 were known to have been in the area who have not reappeared...