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...area that constitutes the Bay State's Eighth Congressional District has launched the political careers of a succession of notable Democrats: Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, President John F. Kennedy, House Speaker Tip O'Neill. Last week another famous name was added to the list: Joseph Kennedy II swept past ten other candidates for the Democratic primary nomination to replace O'Neill in Washington next year...
Kennedy, 33, eldest son of Robert F. Kennedy, used a slick advertising campaign, a late endorsement from O'Neill and a strong get-out-the-vote operation to win 52.4% of the ballots. The closest of his rivals, State Senator George Bachrach, got 30.2%. Kennedy now faces Republican Businessman Clark Abt, who is given almost no chance. When family members gathered for a victory party, Senator Edward Kennedy, Joe's uncle, quipped, "I'm delighted Joe decided to run for the Eighth and not against...
...very exciting here," he said, "if you happen to be a monk." Among those joining the three days of discussions and routines: Art Buchwald, Robert Klein, Mark Russell, Mort Sahl and Chevy Chase, Cartoonists Jeff MacNelly and Berke Breathed, assorted presidential speechwriters and House Speaker Tip O'Neill, who broke a solemn vow against singing in public by serenading Betty Ford with When Irish Eyes Are Smiling. Muttered O'Neill as he shambled off the stage: "Who talked me into doing that...
...eloquent half- hour address began and ended with standing ovations, and was interrupted by applause eleven times. It was, said House Speaker Tip O'Neill, the "finest speech I've ever heard in my 34 years in Congress." Above the din of cheering officials, Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole said to Mrs. Aquino, "Cory, you hit a home run." Without missing a beat, Aquino smiled and shot back: "I hope the bases were loaded...
Washington political satirists, the Capitol Steps, will be on tap: "Hark, when Gerald Ford was king,/ We were bored with everything./ Unemployment 6%./ What a boring President./ Nothing major needed fixin'/ So he pardoned Richard Nixon." House Speaker Tip O'Neill is coming from the capital. Mercifully, he promises not to sing. Ford will wander in with his old football helmet under his arm, the one Lyndon Johnson claimed Ford never wore...