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Hoping to shorten the process, California Senator Aaron Sargent had introduced in 1878 an amendment to the Constitution: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged ...on account of sex." After nine years of stalling, the Senate voted the measure down. Early in 1918, apparently because so many women had done so much war work, the amendment finally was passed by the House. In the galleries, a tearful crowd of suffragists started singing "Praise God from whom all blessings flow." The next year, the Senate added its grudging consent...
...Veep can be measurably negative. The revelation in 1972 that George McGovern's little-known running mate, Senator Thomas Eagleton, had undergone electroshock therapy doomed whatever tiny chance of success the Democrats had. In the wake of the furor, which resulted in Eagleton's being replaced by Sargent Shriver, one poll showed confidence in McGovern plummeting by 25%. In 1952 Richard Nixon's alleged association with a political slush fund became an embarrassment for Dwight Eisenhower, though not a fatal one. More recently, Senator Robert Dole was judged by some pollsters to be a drag on Gerald...
...although few are ordained. "Associates" (20%) are celibate but do not live in communities or do advanced theological study. "Supernumeraries" (50%) are not celibate and follow modified commitments. Each category contains roughly equal numbers of men and women. There are also 700,000 "cooperators," like 1972 Vice-Presidential Nominee Sargent Shriver, who are not members but sympathizers. Cooperators need not be Catholics or even Christians, a radical concept when Escrivá instituted...
Chairman of the Citizen's Action Committee Stewart S. Sargent said that he has communicated with 100 residents and property owners in Eastman and that many of the people concerned are not Dartmouth alumni...
...Sargent L Kennedy '86 cited international relations as his primary consideration in choosing Hart "I've talked it over with my roommates, and we've agreed that the liberal, younger thinkers like Hart will be able to cooperate better with the Russians and vice versa," he said...