Word: nevadas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...issue, 2) its strategy, 3) its candidate for 1960. The issue: Government economy as a popular expression of a growing conservatism. The strategy: to take over the party after showing strength in the 1958 elections. (Such Old Guardsmen as Indiana's Senator Bill Jenner and Nevada's Senator "Molly" Malone appear safe for reelection, while some Eisenhower Republicans are by no means sure bets...
...supported Hoover in 1932. He is considered a bellwether of the far right, but, while many of his views may be faulted as narrow, or behind the political and social times, he has never been identified with the fanatic right. Thus, unlike some of the Neanderthals he admires, e.g., Nevada's late Senator Pat McCarran, Wisconsin's late Senator Joe McCarthy, Lawrence is a realist in world affairs; he has vigorously supported the League of Nations, the U.N., NATO, the Marshall Plan, long-term foreign...
...Announced, as the West German Bundestag called on the U.S., Britain and Russia to suspend nuclear-weapons testing, that observers from 47 nations (not including India, the U.S.S.R. or its satellites) had been invited to witness a series of "low-yield" (tactical) nuclear-weapons shots in Nevada starting May 16. Purpose: "To familiarize them with U.S. testing policies and operations, especially safety procedures...
...through the motions of asking him questions at his hearing. Had he retired from his private business? Yes. Was his name gone from the door of his law office? Yes. yes. What had he done with his holdings? He had converted them into Government bonds. And at that point Nevada's Democratic Senator, the late Pat McCarran, leaned over with a pol-to-pol whisper: "Brownell, you're in a helluva shape if we don't confirm...
Manageable Mediocrity. Stout first ran into trouble when he decided that the university should abolish entrance requirements for Nevada high-school graduates. He also did away with the Academic Council, which had played a part in forming university policy. To some faculty-men, Stout seemed not only highhanded; he also seemed a threat to academic standards. Especially critical was Biologist Frank Richardson, who in 1952 circulated among his colleagues an article by Historian Arthur Bestor Jr. attacking the brand of educational thinking that President Stout appeared to represent (TIME, June 15, 1953). To Stout, Richardson...