Word: senatore
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Ahead lay Chicago, where the divided party faces explosive demonstrations outside the convention hall and bitter factional warfare within. From be hind came the clamorous forces of Eugene McCarthy, flanked by a much smaller band of partisans for South Dakota's Senator George McGovern.
Little Logic. George McGovern, by contrast, had inevitable difficulty in rousing a constituency. He blitzed New York City on radio and TV interviews, toured slums and allowed: "I regret not having started much earlier." His late candidacy aroused suspicions, especially in the McCarthy camp, that McGovern had actually entered the...
Or perhaps Eugene McCarthy. The big question is still whether McCarthy would accept. "It's highly unlikely," said one McCarthy aide. "Gene conceivably could take No. 2 to save the country-but to save Hubert Humphrey?" Several members of McCarthy's staff would probably resign in disgust if...
Michigan's George W. Romney, Pennsylvania's Raymond Shafer and Illinois' Senator Charles Percy pledged their help, while Washington's Daniel Evans, Rhode Island's John Chafee and Colorado's John Love-all three Rockefeller men-signed up for posts on the candidate'...
To be sure, the South contributed the necessary margin for Richard Nixon's first-ballot nomination, but in a spirit of acceptance rather than enthusiasm. Southern Republicans could not have Ronald Reagan and would not have Nelson Rockefeller. Nixon became their only realistic choice. South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond...