Word: latelies
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...George, cut the nonsense," said Johnson. "I have to know if we're going to work late...
...election, the total of a candidate's minus votes will be deducted from that of his plus votes. In this way, if a voter cannot favor any candidate, he can at least cast a ballot against the one he likes least. Too bad this solution comes too late for the November election...
During three terms as Governor, Hughes established himself both as an outstanding liberal and a formidable vote-getter. When he decided to run for the U.S. Senate at the urging of the late Robert Kennedy, Republican Incumbent Hickenlooper decided to retire. Pitted against Hughes, a genial 6-ft 2-in., 230-lb. giant, is moderate Republican David Stanley, 40, an able state legislator. At one point, Hughes looked like a sure bet. But he now figures he will need 150,000 to 200,000 votes from Republicans to save himself. Conceded Hughes last week: "It's going to require...
After a 1943 flood, Oklahoma's late Senator Robert S. Kerr turned his considerable skills as a cloakroom operator to winning approval for a scheme to tame the river. In 1955 the first major funds were appropriated. From the start, opponents quipped that it would be cheaper to pave the Arkansas than to dam it. Yet the project is now three-fourths completed. Eventually, 17 locks and dams (the biggest named for Kerr) will create a 446-mile skein of lakes running clear down to the Mississippi near Yancopin, Ark., forming a barge channel nine feet deep...
...chairman of the full committee, Louisiana Democrat Edwin Willis, was upset late last month in a runoff primary. Willis, 64, attributed his defeat to "Johnson haters...