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Word: oratorically (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Such is the changed political climate of South Dakota that even Joe Foss enters the race as an underdog to a Democrat. George McGovern, 35, himself a World War II B-24 pilot with a Distinguished Flying Cross, is a hard worker and a skilled orator, has since his election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Foss for Congress | 2/10/1958 | See Source »

So far, Jack Kennedy has gone on some of the most highly visible assets in U.S. politics. At 40, he is trim (6 ft., 160 lbs.) and boyishly handsome, with a trademark in the shock of unruly brown hair (now showing a few grey strands) that Wildroot only seems to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Man Out Front | 12/2/1957 | See Source »

Hitler was also a tremendous orator with a droning voice whose hypnotic effect "has never been equaled," and Putzi Hanfstaengl dreamed of becoming the power behind the drone. With a quality of mind that Germans call dummschlau-a combination of cunning and stupidity-he thought he could use the Nazi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Munich Confidential | 11/11/1957 | See Source »

The speaker's hunched stoop punctuated by the backthrust of head, the sense that great statements might be made without pomposity or apology, the rolling periods, all inevitably evoked memories of Conservatism's greatest living orator, Winston Churchill. Cheers grew even louder when Hailsham hauled round and delivered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Chubby Orator | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

The first suspicion that Nye was not going to do his usual roaring came as the delegates considered Leader Hugh Gaitskell's favorite proposal to switch from "oldfashioned nationalization" to a scheme for state buying of shares in key industries (TIME, July 29). Bevan, a longtime and passionate advocate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Ready for Power | 10/14/1957 | See Source »

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