Word: platformate
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...partisanship is rich soil in which to bury the Democratic platform; and while "Continuity" is a legitimate objective, it should not be the fundamental one for an opposition candidate. It would be tragic for all those who seek a return to forward-looking government, if Kennedy's liberal program must someday be explained away as a mere campaign expedient. This, of course, would require some ingenuity on the part of the liberals. But the experience they have gained recently should stand them in good stead if worse comes to worst...
...night wore on, crowds gathered outside the Hyannis National Guard Armory, where carpenters had set up a makeshift platform from which Kennedy would make his nationwide victory speech. Pranksters hoisted a stuffed elephant on a telephone pole; newsmen milled about, waiting. Agents of the U.S. Secret Service, assigned to guard the winning candidate, notified the local police that they would move in when certain victory was assured...
Last month the FCC approved the educational station for San Antonio (46th in the U.S.). Last week, as building plans were being drawn, Greenburg promised that the new station will shun "canned material from the BBC and the Ford Foundation," will be strictly a platform for great teachers to "shame" poor ones. "The classroom won't be a secret any more," says Greenburg. "It will be open to the public eye, and brother, teachers had better perform...
...concession to the holiday atmosphere of a normal election headquarters were the flags draped over most of the walls. Otherwise, the entire building was devoted to communications. The television networks and local radio stations occupied the left side of the main hall; just to the left of the speakers platform, representatives of the three networks could watch their respective election programs and keep in touch with their central offices. The radio stations had tables on the left toward the back of the room. The rest of the tables belonged to the newspapers and magazines; they were divided by a center...
...until he had heard further from the Vice-President, the press corps settled down to a long siege. Most of the newspapermen went to neighboring motels for a few hours' rest. The television men had to stay on hand for possible short reports: Scherer sat on the platform for an hour waiting for his network's call, which finally came while he was in the middle of a sandwich and a cup of coffee...