Word: seat
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Road? John Rankin drove on. It was the same everywhere. Many a knowing Mississippi politician predicted that Rankin would be so badly beaten in the Senate race that he might not even run again for the House seat which he has held for 21 years...
...What is that band of nigger Communists headed by Joe Louis circulating a petition seeking to get a million names on it to deny me my seat in the Senate for? Because they know I'll take the floor and tear to shreds the arguments for the Communistic F.E.P.C.-one of the most dangerous pieces of legislation ever introduced...
Hillbilly Come-On. One afternoon when he drove into Mendenhall, seat of Simpson County, only seven courthouse loafers were on hand to greet him. To drum up a crowd, his nephew, Cason Rankin, hooked up a loudspeaker in the Congressman's black Buick sedan, toured the town playing hillbilly recordings. But half an hour's driving netted only three more shirtsleeved listeners. John Rankin brushed back his mane of stringy yellow hair, flung out his arms and shouted...
Applause was light. Said one rednecked farmer: "Nothing like old Bilbo. Old Bilbo would tickle you right down to the seat of your pants...
...prize, Ray Gene was directed to a sleek yellow convertible that was to take him on a triumphal ride around Kansas City's Royal arena. He took one bashful look at blonde Laura Carol Tarrant, queen of the American Royal show, perched above the car's back seat, and tried to slide in beside the driver. Told that he was to ride beside the queen, Ray Gene climbed to his place and was greeted with a congratulatory kiss, planted firmly on his flaming cheek...