Word: mate
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Goldwater's running mate, Bill Miller, echoed the theme. He complained that the press and television had over played the backing given to the Republican candidate by far-right groups and made it look as if "it is the kooks who support Goldwater." The press and television had not given such treatment to the Democrats, he charged. "Why don't they put the question to that Communist, Gus Hall, on whether he is for President Johnson?" asked Miller. "The Ku Klux Klan always supports the Democratic Party," he said, with a rather outdated perspective, "but it is never...
...choice for vice-presidential candidate - and he was off and running. But last week, with the convention only four weeks off, Politician Johnson sensed trouble. He saw the possibility that he might lose control of the one big decision left to the convention - the choice of his running mate...
Odds-On Bet. Who could that be? Hardly anybody, but logic favors a running mate from the Midwest, since that is the battleground which may be crucial for the Democrats in the coming campaign. The leading contender from that region is Minnesota's Senator Hubert Humphrey. Another possibility is Senator Eugene McCarthy, also from Minnesota, and a Catholic...
...course no Presidential nominee names his running mate on the assumption that, if elected, he will fail to finish out his term in office. As everyone knows, politics not Presidential stature is the key determinant of the second spot on the ticket; 1960 was only a fortuitous exception...
They sing about Paper Mate's de-pen-pendible pen, they do the Pillsbury suite ("Nothin' says lovin' like something from the oven"), and Jamie's is the voice of the animated Aero-Shave mermaid. They do Northwest Orient's Oriental airlines song, A.T. & T.'s longdistance elegy, and Alka-Seltzer's bel canto promise: "Relief is just a swallow away." One of their super-specialties is, "Look for the spear and get chewing enjoyment...