Word: nones
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...handshaking, get-out-and-meet-'em presidential primaries, friendly Pat Brown, the man from the nation's second biggest and fastest-growing state, is a living ad for the paws that refresh. In a day of political moderation. Brown yields right of way to none as a middle-of-the-roadhog. As potential leader of California's big (at least 68 votes) delegation to the national convention, Brown may hold make-or-break power over other party hopefuls. If nothing else, that kind of power may be clipped as coupons for the vice-presidential nomination...
...While none of the other Democratic candidates commanded as broad a lead as Bob Bartlett, they seemed far enough ahead of their Republican opponents to warrant all the push Fred Seaton could give-and Seaton pushed hard. He collected all the "things that ought to be done" and saved them for his campaign trip, frankly admitted that his basket of good news was calculated to help win the election. In Juneau he announced a long-awaited ban on the hated fish traps, symbol of the control of "absentee" Northwest fish canners and a chief cause of depletion of fish stocks...
...naval victory since Trafalgar, ruled as a major seapower until her sun set in the flaming air-sea action of Leyte Gulf 40 years later. Admiral Rozhestvensky. saved when his officers carried him wounded and semiconscious from a disabled turret before the Suvoroff sank, had no excuses and offered none. On his way back to St. Petersburg for court martial (he was acquitted) and retirement, he said: "No, there was no treason. We just weren't strong enough-and God gave us no luck...
...calibre of play was none too high, and there was no suspense element once the Crimson got its offense functioning late in the first half; but the final result was enormously satisfying--at least to all the spectators on the west side of the Stadium...
...local character of his following was sufficient to distinguish Curley from the other big-city bosses. Frank Hague controlled Hudson County, mostly Jersey City; Tammany had the city across the river; in Chicago Boss Kelly ran Cook County, and Ware had Philadelphia. But, as Louis Lyons points out, none had an organization that reached far outside his city...