Word: nelsons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...success of his early campaign strategy gave ample reason for optimism. Determined to shuck his loser's image, he entered six primaries, won them all- frightening off Michigan's Governor George Romney before the balloting even began in New Hampshire, and forcing New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller into fatal blunders of indecision. California's Governor Ronald Reagan was never a real threat; besides, after the 1964 Goldwater disaster, the G.O.P.'s centrist and progressive wings wanted nothing more to do with the chimeras of the right. Nixon won almost effortlessly in Miami Beach...
...near deadlock may have strengthened some of Nixon's rivals within the G.O.P. Nelson Rockefeller is still a relatively spry 60. He could run for reelection to the New York governorship in 1971, and in 1972 bid again to make the presidential race. Charles Percy bet so heavily on Rocky in Miami Beach that Nixon actually hung up on him in the middle of a furious phone conversation. A Nixon landslide would have left Percy in political limbo. As it is, the G.O.P.'s narrower victory improves Percy's chances somewhat, but not much; he may have...
Wisconsin went to Nixon at the end of a long see-saw battle. It wasn't until 80 per cent of the vote had been counted that Nixon's lead became substantial enough to call the race. Democratic Sen. Gaylord Nelson easily won re-election...
...dance program was conceived not so much for people going to teach the arts, but for future school administrators and teachers, explained H. Nelson Goodman, professor of Philosophy and director of the Ed School's Project Zero which is sponsoring the show...
...cutting through other tangles that choke his city, Lindsay has done better than just about anyone else could have. Not always appreciated in New York-or in Nelson Rockefeller's Albany-he is generally regarded in Washington offices that handle urban programs as the best big-city mayor in the country...