Word: nixons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Despite a generation of Communist propaganda, the Soviet people do not believe that Americans are villainous. After seeing spontaneous demonstrations for the Nixon party, an American who had known Russia in Stalin's day said: "I had to pinch myself to be sure I wasn't dreaming...
Politics reared up unexpectedly at Vice President Nixon's homecoming last week. In the crowd of 3,500 that greeted him at the airport, not a single high-name Democrat was in sight. When Nixon got to the Senate chamber to take up his post as presiding officer. Republicans stood up and applauded, but the Democrats present, including Texas' Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, remained seated and silent...
...Told a dozen reporters in a late night "don't quote me" session that by early November he will start to campaign-if his reading of straw polls (his own and others) convinces him by that time that he can get more votes against Democrats than Vice President Nixon...
...Pollster Elmo Roper promptly criticized Rockefeller for letting his decision rest upon a mere "popularity poll" when he "ought to make up his mind whether the things he believes in are more likely to come about if he is President." Pollster George Gallup, who last July showed Nixon trailing Democrat Adlai Stevenson 44% to 56%, reported that Nixon's Russian trip boosted his trial-heat vote to 51% v. 49% for Stevenson...
...names of [Minnesota's] Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, [Missouri's] Stuart Symington and [Texas'] Lyndon B. Johnson." Of all the Democratic hopefuls, Massachusetts' "John F. Kennedy emerges as almost the only one who stirs any real public interest." Among Republican voters, "Vice President Richard M. Nixon shows up as a 7-to-4 favorite over Governor Nelson Rockefeller." But Nixon "emerges as an extremely partisan figure who does not appeal to wavering Democrats...