Word: nonpoliticians
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Larson's book was also his ruination. Old Guard congressional Republicans got sore at being classified as fossils. Modern Republicans such as Vermont's Senator George Aiken disliked having a nonpolitician draw a line across the G.O.P.; so did the Republican National Committee. The Democrats got riled at Larson's professional stump speeches ("Throughout the New and Fair Deals, this country was in the grip of a somewhat alien philosophy, imported from Europe"), and Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson personally took on the task of cutting the hapless Larson to pieces. Thus, when Larson...