Word: sen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Sen. George S. McGovern [D-S.D.] slipped quietly into Cambridge on November 4, one year to the week after losing every state but Massachusetts to President Nixon in the 1972 election. McGovern came to address an Institute of Politics seminar on November 5. While in Cambridge, he made no speeches, held no press conferences, attended no rallies...
...Jersey, Democrat Brendan T. Byrne lived up to pre-election predictions in swamping Rep. Charles W. Sandman by a two-to-one margin. Sandman got only the most nominal endorsement from incumbent Gov. William T. Cahill, whom he defeated in the Republican primary and no support whatsoever from Republican Sen. Clifford Case. In Virginia, Republican Miles E. Godwin edged liberal independent Henry E. Howell by less than one percentage point...
...Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton(D-Mo.) called the bill "bland-check authority to carry us into war" and said Nixon could use it immediately to send U.S. combat troops into the Middle East
...Sen. Barry Goldwater remarked Thursday that the president's credibility has sunk to an all-time low and may never recover, and reportedly said in private that Nixon should resign...
...same day, Nixon announced that he would nominate Sen. William B. Saxbe (R-Ohio) to replace Elliot Richardson '41 as the Justice Department's head...