Word: nixon
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...following must figure in the final shakeup: Eisenhower, Nixon, Salk, Pope Pius XII, Eden, Adenauer, Nehru and Tito. There seems to be no top man in Russia nor did one emerge in Argentina after the deposition of Perón. Pope Pius XII is always in the running, but TIME would have to deal with so many canceled subscriptions that it is very unlikely that he will ever make the grade. Eden has taken up residence at No. 10 Downing Street, while the "Old Man" from West Germany is still in the field. The enigmas are Nehru and Tito; because...
Richard M. Nixon-also, he would make a good President and might be a great...
High Optimism. Other speakers added to the mood of high optimism. There seemed little concern about any unsettling effects on business of the '56 presidential campaign. Most delegates hoped President Eisenhower would run again; if not, their choice seemed to be Vice President Richard Nixon...
...Sprinkling of Blanks. Arriving in Los Angeles to speak at a fund-raising dinner for his Independence memorial library, Harry Truman was met at the airport by newsmen who asked what he thought about the chance that the Republicans might nominate Nixon for President. Truman's exact reply is a matter of controversy. The Los Angeles Times, with a liberal sprinkling of blanks, reported that Truman had said: "I don't like the - - --, and I don't care who knows it." The Los Angeles Examiner, with equal delicacy, quoted Truman as saying: "I don't even...
...Democratic week began in California, with an argument over whether Harry S. Truman had called Vice President Richard Nixon a "son of a bitch." It moved on to Alabama, where New York's Governor Averell Harriman bagged a wild turkey, and to New Orleans, where Harriman found the political hunting not so good. It covered the Florida peninsula, where Adlai Stevenson, fishing for votes, landed a sailfish and a pair of skin divers. It ended in Oklahoma City, where Democrats converged for the explicit purpose of skewering Republicans...