Word: roosevelts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Presidents, and neither the eloquence of Franklin Roosevelt, the bluntness of Harry Truman, the camaraderie of Dwight Eisenhower nor the crisp rationalism of John Kennedy had much effect. Will a Texas drawl succeed where so many others failed...
...think the Russian citizens liked Kennedy much as their parents had liked Roosevelt: He was a President who wanted better Soviet-American relations and whose administration semed to promise peace and better times. They especially appreciated the test-ban. And young people particularly felt Kennedy's glamor and charm quite independent of his political role. "I know how most Americans must feel about this," one Russian boy told me, "but I think that people here were sadder than people in some states...
...said. "I think it's just about time we had some truth in this campaign." He called for "an end to the attempt to distort, to deceive and to trick" Republicans into voting for a candidate who did not measure up to such G.O.P. heroes as Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and Eisenhower. Sometimes quoting from Goldwater's Conscience of a Conservative, Rocky ridiculed Goldwater's views on foreign policy, the income tax and the U.N. Concluded he: "Unless you get mad about deceit, distortion and downright lying, I can accomplish nothing beyond making friends...
...father, an Irish immigrant, had built up a prosperous construction business in the town of Matteawan, north of New York City, and was a bigwig in local Democratic politics. It was not poverty but sickness that shaped the young Forrestal. Frail from birth, Forrestal took the Teddy Roosevelt cure. He went in for strenuous exercise, especially boxing. In one bout his nose was broken, giving him his characteristic tough-guy look. Forrestal was also tormented by his Roman Catholic religion, writes Rogow. He drifted away from the church, even though his strong-willed mother wanted him to become a priest...
Battling Uncle Joe. In 1940, as war grew closer, President Roosevelt looked around for friendly businessmen to serve in his Administration. Forrestal was interviewed by Harry Hopkins and recruited. He was appointed to the newly created post of Under Secretary of the Navy and soon made his rather vaguely defined job a hub of the defense establishment. In 1944 Forrestal became Secretary of the Navy...