Word: potful
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Fiorello! Actor Tom Bosley makes the most of his Little Flower pot in a musical that overwhelms its faults with reminiscence and satire...
Fiorello! Actor Tom Bosley makes the most of his Little Flower pot in a musical that overwhelms its faults with reminiscence and satire...
Chicago's Mayor Daley announced last week that he would not, after all, be a candidate for Governor of Illinois. To Kennedymen, this meant only one thing: that Kennedy-leaning Dick Daley would probably throw a sizable number of Illinois' 69 delegates into Jack's pot before the convention. (Had he run for Governor, Daley would not be expected to support another Catholic at the head of the ticket...
...this a fine jambalaya-with Earl Long, the Times-Picayune, [Plaquemines Parish Boss&] Leander Perez, the Shreveport Times . . . the old regulars-this all put together in one pot ... a mixture that the entire history of Louisiana has never seen before? I am confident the public will bury the whole pot of jambalaya with an avalanche of votes."So spoke New Orleans' four-term Mayor deLesseps Story Morrison as his Democratic runoff campaign for Governor of Louisiana approached its climax...
Last week, through the upcountry, the big city of New Orleans and the Cajun lowlands, the avalanche fell-a record 900,000 votes in all-but not on the jambalaya pot. Licked worse than even the strongest pessimist might have guessed was 47-year-old "Chep" Morrison himself, longtime reform politician, perennial foe of the Long regime, and, all in all, a relatively moderate Southerner. The winner: James H. Davis, 59, colorless, onetime Governor (1944-48) renowned for his guitar-strumming and hillbilly compositions (You Are My Sunshine), outspoken foe of integration, and without doubt the next Governor of Louisiana...