Word: patly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nevada: An edge to native-daughter Pat Nixon's husband...
...week's climax came on Kennedy's own home grounds of Boston. Wet confetti showered on Pat and Dick, cheers echoed through the damp, narrow streets from Bostonians lined six to eight deep, and many broke ranks to chase after his car. Police numbered the throng at an extravagant 250,000, yet it was undoubtedly the biggest street turnout anywhere in the campaign...
...University of Vermont asked Nixon to describe the most exciting day of his life. "It was the day I received a scholarship to law school at Duke," he reminisced. Then he diplomatically corrected himself. "No, that was the second-happiest day. The first was the day I proposed to Pat...
...than Kennedy at endorsing all the local politicians, quick to freshen up his text with an impromptu reference (a Democratic campaign billboard in Pennsylvania last week caught his eye and gave him a handy introduction to a speech). Among the throngs of greeters (ably abetted by his constant companion, Pat Nixon), he is friendly and easy, shaking as many hands as are offered, stopping to chat frequently. Old folks, invalids and children get special attention. Nixon is always dignified and cool-he has never been caught in a really embarrassing situation-and, like Kennedy, he shrinks from war bonnets, kissable...
...turned out that Pat Nixon, who also dresses well, does buy clothes sometimes at high-priced Elizabeth Arden's, but didn't want to be misunderstood about it. Count Ferdinando Sarmi ($500 to over $1,000), who designed Pat's inaugural gown while he was with Elizabeth Arden, explained that "Miss Arden is very Republican," and that she had sold at least one gown to Pat for cost.* Tracked down at Atlantic City, Pat Nixon, who was wearing a turquoise wool jersey dress (Lord & Taylor, "about $49"), replied coolly to questions from newsmen: "I have no comment...