Word: minnesota
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...stayed in Czechoslovakia for a few months, then came to the United States in 1923, eventually becoming professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. Six years later he accepted Harvard's invitation to set up a department of Sociology here...
...many years-even while I was Governor of Minnesota-I maintained that fair and stable prices, rather than boom-and-bust prices, were essential to the best interests of both farmer and consumer. Never have I said that I favored lower farm prices. On the contrary, I have spent a good share of my life fighting for better prices and higher income for the farmer. ORVILLE L. FREEMAN Secretary...
...General Factor. Republicans, meanwhile, sense a widespread desire for new political leadership-a phenomenon one Congressman calls the "fresh-face syndrome." Besides strong gains in Congress, the G.O.P. is counting on capturing several key governorships-California, Minnesota, Arkansas -as a way of chemically rejuvenating their party. Richard Nixon calls the election "the most important of my lifetime," confidently predicts a G.O.P. gain of 40 House seats, three in the Senate, six governorships. To this, Vice President Hubert Humphrey replies: "I'll bet Nixon a 20-lb. Minnesota turkey against a dinner at any restaurant he chooses that his predictions...
Levander has the kind of qualifications that win elections in Minnesota. He has a solid record of athletic, scholastic, and business success -- all within the state. He is Swedish -- ethnically perfect for Minnesota's heavily Scandinavian population (though on this score no one can match Rolvaag, this score no one can match Rolvaag; gid pioneer classic Giants In The Earth). Levander also has a reputation for forceful oratory; he was a star schoolboy orator and later taught public speaking...
...rhetoric emanating from Levander headquarters has been surpassingly banal and has prevented his campaign from generating any real momentum. He started by labeling the Republican ticket the "integrity team." That did not catch, but Levander went right ahead and made his main campaign slogan "Let's be proud of Minnesota again." In an attempt to humanize their candidate the Republicans borrowed a leaf from John Lindsay's book and started issuing pamphlets asking, "What kind of guy is Harold Levander...