Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...same time, Sorensen showed a pride in the craft of politics which he expressed as what "a good politician" should do. Do you get used to criticism? "A good politician has to." Would personal antagonisms affect the choice of the next Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate? "A good politician can't afford to let that happen...
...sense of how a good politician acts did not come only from the eleven-year experience with John F. Kennedy. Although on a smaller scale than the late President, Sorensen was also brought up on politics. His father, Christian Abraham Sorensen, rose from the Nebraska prairie sod house in which he was born to become state attorney general. His mother, Annis Chaikin Sorensen, was a convinced pacifist and feminist from a Russian-Jewish family...
Popular with the People. But all such speculation still leaves Cabot Lodge unaccounted for-and that, in the light of New Hampshire, is impossible. A remarkable politician, he has not won an election in 18 years, still has remained consistently in the forefront of U.S. public affairs. To be sure, he had a good deal going for him in New Hampshire, a state where 52% of the population lives within 50 miles of Boston and regards Brahmin Lodge as virtually one of their...
Ample Opportunity. Slightly self-conscious at the start, the normally unbending McNamara soon warmed to the part of stump politician; time and again he and Khanh waved clasped hands to the crowds. Said one brasshat: "Bob loved it. In the end, you couldn't keep him away from a camera or a microphone...
...Roman Catholic laymen, their bags packed with enough clothing to last the weekend, checked into St. Martin's Church at Fulton Avenue and Fayette Street, on the city's multiracial, row-house downtown fringe. The group included doctors, lawyers, day laborers, college students, a veterinarian and a politician. When they registered at the door, they were asked to pocket their wristwatches. Until Sunday night, their hours would be on God's time, as they went through a new method of spiritual renewal known as Cursillos de Cristiandad (Spanish for Little Courses in Christianity...