Word: label
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...high public office twice and won twice, he does not carry Adlai Stevenson's stigma of past defeats. Though he has voted a straight liberal line in the U.S. Senate-certified and approved by Americans for Democratic Action-he has escaped the 200-proof-liberal label that afflicts Hubert Humphrey. And while Southern ties make him tolerable to many delegates from the South, he is not burdened with Lyndon Johnson's probably fatal handicap of being thought of as a Southerner...
This failure to pin an unmistakable ideological label on himself has damaged his standing with liberals and the Washington press corps, brought upon him accusations that he is empty of genuine convictions, a man with a grey flannel mind. Only last week Symington set out to contradict that judgment by canceling his scheduled speech at a state Democratic dinner in Little Rock, Ark. when he learned that Negroes present would be seated at segregated tables. It was quite a decision for a man who depends heavily on palatability to the South to help him capture the presidential nomination...
...made "banned in Boston" a national label eventually get disgusted with his supposedly proper flock? See MILESTONES...
...Virginia Gentleman and Jack Daniels (Black Label) are IN; Scotch-type whisky, French-type wines, cheese-type spreads and lettuce-type salads are OUT. ¶ A 190 SL Mercedes-Benz is IN but not so far IN as a 1916 Fierce-Arrow; waving at another Mercedes is OUT. Wearing a checkered sports cap will get your parking permit canceled; wearing a Homburg will cause comment...
...Which Label? But the biggest question mark in East-West relations remained Russia's position v. Red China's. In Peking fortnight ago, seemingly bent on restraining Chinese aggressiveness, Khrushchev had denounced "wars of conquest" but added that Marxists could still recognize "liberating wars"-precisely the label Red China would apply to an attack on Formosa. From Washington last week, U.S. Secretary of State Herter and Under Secretary Douglas Dillon moved quickly to plug this loophole (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), warned that Moscow must share responsibility for Peking's acts...