Word: mccormack
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Against this versatile onslaught, Eddie never really had a chance. Teddy won every ward in Boston, supposedly McCormack's bastion. He even carried Eddie's home precinct in Dorchester, 317-304. By the size and scope of his victory, Kennedy became an early-book favorite for November over Republican Nominee George Cabot Lodge, 35, another smiling scion of another famous Massachusetts family...
...moment, he asked a classmate to take an exam for him. The friend was caught, and they were both suspended. This year, to forestall the possibility that his expulsion might be used against him politically, Teddy made a public confession of the incident. During the campaign. Opponent McCormack never mentioned...
Steady Eddie. It took some doing. Eddie McCormack was much more than the favorite nephew of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. An Annapolis graduate, McCormack finished first in his class at Boston University's law school, gave up a successful practice (estimated annual income: $40,000) to start out in politics as an elected member of the Boston city council. Twice elected attorney general-the last time in 1960 by more than 400,000 votes-Eddie compiled a solid, if not brilliant, record, particularly in civil rights cases. For Senator in 1962 he was, as much...
...kind of transportation, the kind of urban renewal, the kind of increase in job opportunities that will make our state grow. I vigorously support a health-care program for our senior citizens that should be financed under the social security system." Merciful End. Toward campaign's end, Eddie McCormack was standing almost alone on the tailgate of a station wagon and forlornly pleading his cause: "Look at the record-Eddie McCormack has a record." As Teddy swept on, Eddie turned bitter. "Of course I'm hurt," he said privately. "I think it's unjust that he should...
...primary day, symbolically, Speaker John McCormack attracted almost no attention when he returned to Massachusetts to vote. But President Kennedy and Jackie drew an excited audience when they helicoptered in from Newport. (Jackie got confused in the booth, had to call on the President for some husbandly assistance with the voting machine.) That night, the end came with merciful speed at 8:32, when an aide handed a slip of paper to Teddy Kennedy's brother-in-law, Steve Smith. "Here's where Knocko lives." he said. It was South Boston's Ward 7. Precinct 5. Knocko...