Word: partisan
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...tests). Also there was Missouri's Senator Stuart Symington (he quickly changed the subject to the need for greater national defense). Public backing for Stevenson came from ten Caltech scientists (including Speech Adviser Harrison Brown). They were promptly rebuked by Caltech President Lee DuBridge for their "partisan stand." Sixty-two scientists from the Atomic Energy Commission's Brookhaven Laboratory edged in with a notation that the dangers of Strontium 90 were "a valid subject for further discussion and study"-as indeed they...
...past two years, the nation has been ruled by a bi-partisan coalition in which the President and Congress have combined to conduct the essentials of government. Despite the lack of a clear public mandate for either branch, a Republican excutive and a Democratic legislature have nonetheless been able to hammer out effective compromises. Much of Eisenhower's record of positive achievements has been due to a Democratic Congress, which has supported him on the Bricker Amendment, foreign aid, and reciprocal trade. In contrast, many Republicans still vote against the concepts of foreign aid and of the United Nations. They...
...arena where 10,000 had filled all seats; half as many more were waiting to listen from outside. Introduced by Pennsylvania's campaigning U.S. Senator Jim Duff (see below), "Mamie Eisenhower's husband" apologized that Mamie was kept in Washington by a cold, proceeded to lash Democratic "partisan oratory that has concealed or twisted the facts" on small business, the cost of living, schools and labor. Said Ike: "I wonder what kind of political children they think we are-and what kind of a man do they think I am?" So great was the crush after the speech...
...partisan political coverage is also provided by all British newspapers, although in other aspects press standards "can range from the highest to the lowest," Sir William said...
Communists appear on British Broadcasting Company facilities to campaign for office and to take part in public forums due to BBC's non-partisan policy, reported Sir William Haley, editor of the London Times, last night...