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Word: particu (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...House Democrats felt any particu lar enthusiasm for the bill, and Republi cans were determined to make it a party-line issue. Plainly, the Administration needed every vote it could get. As debate began, White House Aides Larry O'Brien, Henry Hall Wilson Jr. and Richard Dona hue stationed themselves conspicuously outside the House chamber. Their message to buttonholed Democrats: "The Presi dent really needs this one." When a Mid west Democrat seemed to be faltering, he got a sudden succession of calls from the White House. "My God," he said later, "I never got such attention before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congress: Putting On the Heat | 4/6/1962 | See Source »

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