Word: phenomenons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Byrd organization is a phenomenon among political machines. The organization and its leader, despite long tenure, are scrupulously honest; e.g., Byrd once blew up when he heard one of his lieutenants boasting about having tapped state employees for campaign contributions. "Pay every one of those people back," he snapped. "I'll make it up to you out of my own pocket." Generally, Byrd rules with a soft, unobtrusive touch. Democratic Attorney General J. Lindsay Almond accurately describes the organization as "a club, except that it has no bylaws, constitution or dues. It's a loosely knit association...
...Bohemia was... no one can quite do." And the New York Times cautioned its readers in 1858 that Bohemians are "seductive in their ways, and they hold the finest sentiments. The Bohemian cannot be called a useful member of society." Throughout history, people have seemed reluctant to explain the phenomenon of the Bohemian...
...both extravagant and subtle, U.S. Jews will raise and send something close to $125 million in voluntary charitable contributions to Israel. In the eight years of Israel's independence, American Jewish organizations have already sent more than $700 million to Israel-an outpouring that is the No. 1 phenomenon of U.S. philanthropy...
Giant Guitar. Bellini's Norma, which Callas had chosen for her New York de but, is a second-rate work. It is a rare operatic phenomenon in that the libretto is not much sillier than the score. The story takes place during the Roman occupation of Gaul. Norma is a Druid high priestess, who, though pledged to virginity in the service of the moon goddess, has borne two children of the Roman proconsul. When he casts her off for another Druid priestess, Norma arouses the local underground against him. But in the end she repents, publicly confesses her sins...
What happened in Texas is only one detail of the unsung political phenomenon of 1956: the widespread realization that Richard Milhous Nixon is a prime national asset to the Republican Party, not only because of his political skill but also because of his genuine appeal to the U.S. electorate. By Nov. 6 the young (43) Vice President will have traveled 42,000 miles by airplane, train and car, will have made more than 150 campaign speeches in 36 states.* He has been a field strategist as well as a campaigner, firing back his analysis of what other G.O.P. campaigners...