Word: moments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...mental health, savings in Illinois' huge public-aid expenditures. But he has fumbled badly in efforts to reform Illinois' archaic tax structure, and not even his fellow Democrats would accuse him of being a dynamic leader. Said onetime Chicago Boss Jake Arvey recently in an unguarded moment: "Otto Kerner is an awful nice fellow, but I do wish he had some of Chuck Percy's brains...
Frenchmen, though they are never likely to lose their skepticism, believed De Gaulle last week when he said: "The past must certainly never be repeated. Whatever the conditions under which our future will be unveiled, in a world still filled with perils let us be sure from this moment on that we have the elementary guarantees of a firm government, a modern defense and a united nation." For the length of his rule at least, the country has come close to achieving these guarantees and perhaps to satisfying De Gaulle's own axiom: "France cannot be France without greatness...
...pundits: the Iowa delegation, for example, proudly waving stalks of New Jersey corn; Mahalia Jackson's off-Key version of The Star-Spangled Banner; Pennsylvania Nonagenarian Emma Guffey Miller and her peppery complaints about the hall's crowded aisles. And then there was ABC's great moment, after ABC Commentator Hubert H. Humphrey had. been nominated for Vice President, when Ed Morgan turned to Howard K. Smith to say, "Well, Howard, we may not be the top network, but one of our boys made...
...calls the antennaed Rover Boys who puffed from delegate to delegate accompanied by cameramen carrying 25-to-54-lb. packs of electronic gear. The floor reporters actually prolonged and inflated the squabbles over seating the Southern delegations. NBC and ABC got caught focusing only on Martian byplay at the moment of Lyndon Johnson's nomination by acclamation...
...less forgettable moment came when NBC decided to ignore the podium during New York City Mayor Robert Wagner's speech seconding L.B.J. Instead, the network turned breathlessly to Sander Vanocur as he buttonholed David Dubinsky, boss of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. At last came Vanocur's question to Dubinsky: "Did you know that Mrs. Hubert Humphrey makes all her own clothes?" Over to Huntley-Brinkley...