Word: mansfield
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...miniature Scotch and bourbon bottles on each table; there was sherry in and with the soup, a '59 Pouilly-Fuisse with the fish, champagne with the dessert (which was soaked in Cherry Heering). and cognac with the coffee. The guests included not only the Washington regulars-like Mike Mansfield and Hubert Humphrey-but a large assortment of out-of-towners. Among those present was the New York Yankees' outfielder Mickey Mantle, happily admitting: "I paid the thousand...
What business did go on in Congress last week concerned mainly its own affairs. Democratic Majority Leader Mike Mansfield announced a proposal to take a one-or two-month recess in summer or early fall so that Senators could "be with their children and recognize their wives in the daytime." Both branches bartered for places on important committees. Dirksen revealed that he is trying for a junior seat on the Finance Committee; House Democrats avidly eyed two Ways and Means Committee seats that could be highly important to the Administration's programs. Finally, with smiles on their faces...
...Betsy Howard, who plays Canfield's ex, Janice Dayton, a movie star whose name must be an anagram or code-rendering of "Jayne Mansfield," didn't seem to mind the contortions to which Graham-White set her. And most of the time, I didn't either; as someone behind me remarked, "Wow! Look at all those legs!" But there were occasions, all in Act I, when even I and my anonymous correspondent two rows back had silently to agree that some of the positions she assumed should remain in the index of the Kama Sutra...
Countless times, the 87th seemed about to draw its last breath. At one point Senate Whip Hubert Humphrey definitely predicted a midweek adjournment. But Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield knew better. Asked about Humphrey's forecast, he simply sighed: "What week?" A newsman suggested to Mansfield that in Election Year 1962. a lot of members of Congress were by now praying for adjournment. Retorted Mansfield: "If I pray any more, I'm going to have housemaid's knee...
...linemen, expects injured players to get off the field under their own power. "When the going gets tough," says Owens, "the tough get going." This year Owens has a lean, agile line that averages 6 ft. 2 in., 208 Ibs. per man, and 22 returning lettermen, including Center Ray Mansfield and All-Coast Halfback Charley Mitchell, who set up the crucial touchdown against Purdue with a dazzling 24-yd. run. Owens sheds no crocodile tears over his team. "We'll win our share," he) says...