Word: pulls
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rank-and-file workers, especially in the ethnic neighborhoods of the North, are deserting the Democrats for the Wallace cause. Many Northern Democratic Congressmen are planning to instruct these voters how to split their tickets on Nov. 5 so that they can support Wallace without forgetting to pull levers for local Democrats. In the South, numerous conservative Democrats are openly allied with Wallace. Others are deserting to the G.O.P. Last week six cronies of Georgia's Senator Herman Talmadge, including State Comptroller General James Bentley, renounced their Democratic credentials and joined the Republicans. There is speculation in Atlanta that...
...PEEEEE-pull, peepul who need PEEEEE-pullllll. . ." Barbra Streisand, the girl with the voice of a thrush and the beak of a toucan, is back in the musical that made her a household bird. She may have omitted an a from her name, but Barbra leaves nothing out of Funny Girl. Gags, production numbers, vaudeville mugging and tearstained love scenes receive the same manic stress and fervor. As in the Broadway show, when the jokes are good, Barbra displays the best timing East of Mae West. When Jule Styne's numbers are deserving-People, Don't Rain...
...There was no subterfuge involved," Cottle said yesterday. "I wasn't trying to pull the wool over anyone's eyes. When a letter from George Goethals [lecturer in Social Relations] made me realize we were violating regulations, the changes were made...
...what was--until McCarthy and the war--a very strong and single-minded party which brooked little in-fighting. With a Nixon landslide in 1968 and scandle-ridden hawkish Senator Dodd up for re-election in 1970, the liberals with Senator Ribicoff's leadership may be able to pull off a coup before the 1972 elections...
...used some heavy handed tactics while doing it. Instead of retreating back to their apathy or into the insignificant minority they were in the past, most Montana liberals believe it's time to change, and are mad enough in many cases to do the dull party work necessary to pull...