Word: patly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Democratic side, dozens of names popped up, but one stood out: Attorney General Edmund G. ("Pat") Brown, the only Democrat holding a major elective office in California. A pleasant political neutralist of the Warren stripe, Brown had announced that he would not run against the governor, but he was ready to go now that his old friend had stepped out. Said he: "I think the Democrats now will elect a governor next year...
Californians who looked closely at the whole situation speculated on a fascinating possibility. Democrat Pat Brown was far closer to Warren than Republican Goodwin Knight. In his statement, Warren said not a word about electing another Republican as governor, but did dwell at length on the benefits of "periodic change of administration." Could Earl Warren, in his independent heart, be leaning toward Democrat Brown as his successor...
...floor of the Senate one afternoon last week, Nevada's Pat McCarran made a sign to Missouri's Tom Hennings, and the two headed for the Democratic cloakroom...
Hennings found Watkins on the Senate floor, gave him McCarran's message. Watkins thought awhile. The Senate Judiciary Committee had reported out a bill to admit 220,000, and it had a good chance of passage. On the other hand, crafty Pat McCarran could still do a lot of road-blocking if he chose, and the Senate was already in a squeeze to get through before the scheduled end-of-the-month adjournment. To show that they planned to stir up a big storm, McCarran and his two chief Republican allies, Indiana's Jenner and Idaho...
This month, for the first time, Lesbia expects to play in the National Amateur championship, where she will be up against such topnotchers as Seattle's Pat Lesser, Georgia's Mary Lena Faulk and Barbara Romack of Sacramento. The thought of "so many of them all so good" prompted Lesbia to get down to a bit of practice last week. Lesbia did not expect to burn up the practice course: "The only time I really like to play is in a tournament. I don't know why, but I just do better with all those people staring...