Word: mckinleyism
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...instance, during last summer's rugged schedule, club members met, and in some cases defeated such rivals as Alaska's Brooks and Mather, various peaks in the Alaska Range (off the Richardson Highway), and 21,000 foot Mt. McKinley itself. Opponents are often even more formidable...
Coutests in this sport, however, always end in victory, and victory not dependent on, say, the flight of a little ball. Coming back alive was a notable in for six members of the summer's McKinley group, trapped for two days at the head of Karstein Ridge (14,500 ft.), not daring to move for fear of starting an avalanche in the fresh snow...
...having dirty laundry returned still dirty, being displaced from good seats in motor caravans by local dignitaries, being called away from meals just as the main course is being served. "Nevertheless," he says, "it has been a fascinating experience, even though I sometimes think longingly of the days when McKinley campaigned from his porch...
...Mistake. This time Soapy is running against Republican Fred Alger Jr., 45, Michigan's secretary of state and the grandson of a former governor, Russell A. Alger, who was McKinley's Secretary of War (1897-99). In Fred Alger the Republicans have put their best foot forward. He has proved himself a good vote getter in four previous statewide campaigns for political offices, and he can make a better, more forceful speech than Soapy...
...Grundy "machine" is not a normal political organization with normal responses. It is the super-lobby of a pressure group. It reaches the grass-roots voters only through alliances with certain county leaders. Joe Grundy believes and says that Bob Taft is the greatest American since William McKinley-and Grundy is so out of touch with voters that he does not understand why this compliment to Taft incites laughter...