Word: maverickly
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...take the lead in efforts to make prepaid medical care available to all U.S. citizens. President Larson, in his inaugural address last week, said: "The professional spirit emphasizes conformity to the principles of scientific truth and ethical conduct. It also recognizes the rights and potentialities of the rebel or maverick who may have a new idea, a different method, a fresh viewpoint...
...local fame as a star, 6-ft. 5 in. basketball forward at the University of Arizona. Also favoring Udall is the fact that the district's Democrats outnumber Republicans in registrations by more than 2 to 1. But Mo Udall is running scared, for Arizona Democrats have a maverick tendency to vote Republican. The conservative surge in Arizona won the state for Dwight Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956 and for Richard Nixon in 1960. A Republican has been elected Governor since 1958, and the voters give enthusiastic support to silver-haired Senator Barry Goldwater, leader of the Republicans...
...annual séance. With nary a dissent, the Continental Congress passed resolutions condemning federal grants-in-aid, "demoralization in the entertainment world," and the issuance of postage stamps commemorating foreigners. In other actions, the Founding Mothers endorsed the Monroe Doctrine, engaged in a minor skirmish when a lone maverick opposed censure of the Peace Corps. Summarily shutting off the debate ("You've had your two minutes"), D.A.R. President General, Mrs. Ashmead White, gaveled through a resolution to keep the U.S.'s "inexperienced youth" at home...
While CRAP (Committee to Repress Anti-Pickets) declined to appear, Jon Harrington '63 staged a one-man "maverick" picket apparently in support of the Birch group, but then "not really...
...Maury Maverick Jr., 40, son of the late rip-roaring New Deal Congressman, grandson of the rancher who let his cattle run unbranded (and thus made his name a world-known synonym for "stray"), has the support of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., which means that he will probably get the maverick vote and little else. Warns Maverick: "If I don't get a lot of votes, we may not have another man willing to run this liberal in Texas for another ten years...