Word: partisans
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Whooping it up, Democrats savored their first, sweet victory over "Government by veto." Some, however, detected a sour aftertaste. The President is not required to release funds for new projects, will probably start few of the obnoxious 67 projects. More important, in a strictly partisan decision, congressional Democrats dipped into the narrowly balanced budget to fund the oldest, most obvious form of political spending in federal politics. Cracked White House Press Secretary James Hagerty in a rare reflection of presidential cynicism: "The lure of the pork barrel was a little too much for Congress to avoid...
...fellow Americans," said President Eisenhower, looking squarely out from the nation's TV sets one night last week. "I want to speak to you tonight on an issue of great importance to every man, woman and child in this nation. It is above any partisan political consideration. It affects every American regardless of occupation, regardless of political affiliation. I speak of labor reform legislation...
...President summed up, the bill that best measured up to these needs was the Landrum-Griffin bill*-"a good start toward a real labor reform bill." He gave his point extra punch when he stressed his final-term nonpartisanship. "I don't come before you in any partisan sense-I am not a candidate for office." And he carefully stopped just short of the Write-Your-Congressman-Now appeal that would have weakened that impartiality. "It is my earnest hope," he said, "that Congress will be fully responsive to an overwhelming national demand. Thank you and goodnight...
...Johnson." Of all the Democratic hopefuls, Massachusetts' "John F. Kennedy emerges as almost the only one who stirs any real public interest." Among Republican voters, "Vice President Richard M. Nixon shows up as a 7-to-4 favorite over Governor Nelson Rockefeller." But Nixon "emerges as an extremely partisan figure who does not appeal to wavering Democrats...
...Will Return." In the first postwar years. Soustelle's political fortunes were inseparable from De Gaulle's. He became first his Chief of Information, then his Minister of Colonies. And when De Gaulle, disgusted with partisan bickering, dramatically retired to the rural peace of Colombey-les-Deux Eglises, Soustelle followed him into the wilderness, became chief of the Gaullist opposition forces in Parliament...