Word: roughs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Some Democrats wish that Johnson would use even stronger language; they fear that the Presidents blandness may get boring. But for now, Johnson sees no reason to get rough. The polls look great, the editorial endorsements are flowing into the Oval Room in great swatches (see PRESS). and he is positively euphoric about his prospects. For the present, he figures his best bet is to leave the obvious partisan politicking to Hubert Humphrey and to present himself as the responsible, nonpartisan man in the White House...
...structure nearby. Off to Goldwater's left was "Whisky Row," dominated by the historic Palace Saloon, which still does a thriving business. Straight ahead was a bronze equestrian statue of "Bucky" O'Neill, a onetime Yavapai County sheriff who served as one of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough-riders. Barry is fond of saying that Bucky was the first American to fall in the charge up San Juan Hill. But Prescott historians ruefully admit that Bucky actually died before the charge, the victim of a sniper's bullet while relieving himself at a slit-trench latrine...
...earned two law degrees from George Washington University, became a C.P.A., and struck up a close friendship with a young Congressman, Lyndon Johnson. When Johnson became a Senator, he drafted Cook to become counsel to his famed Senate Preparedness subcommittee. Said Johnson then: "He's rough, but he's fair. I don't think there's an abler man in Government." Don Cook is now one of the President's most-heeded business advisers and is talked of in Washington as a possible candidate for Secretary of the Treasury in a new Johnson Administration...
FICTION 1. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, Le Carre (3 last week) 2. Candy, Southern and Hoffenberg (1.) 3. Armageddon, Uris (2) 4. Julian, Vidal (4) 5. The Rector of Justin, Auchincloss (5) 6. Convention, Knebel and Bailey (6) 7. This Rough Magic, Stewart 8. The 480, Burdick (7) 9. The Spire, Golding (9) 10. You Only Live Twice, Fleming...
Most criticisms stressed the Mass's "rough spots." Bishop Charles Buswell of Pueblo, Colo., suggested that "we need to get the you-who out of the Gloria," meaning the part that now goes: "You, who take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. You, who take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. You, who sit at the right hand of the Father, have mercy...