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Word: mcgrain (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1960
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...information-crammed notebooks on every campaign stop. He bears down heavily on patriotism, and, growing solemn, flatters his audiences by talking seriously to them. One favorite technique is to read a letter from a local partisan. In a Flint, Mich, parking lot last week, the letter was from Linda McGrain, 13, who wanted one of the Nixon family's new kittens. She would get her wish, said Nixon with a grin, provided it would not cost him her mother's vote. With that, the crowd was well warmed up, and ready for the marrow of the speech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Contrasting Styles | 10/3/1960 | See Source »

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