Word: sevens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...swashbuckler by nature nor a parlor diplomat (he loathes parties, puts up with them only as part of his job), Cabot is known around the State Department as a skilled troubleshooter who works at his job and writes sharp, effective reports. His technical qualifications for Rio include duty at seven posts south of the border (his wife, an American, was born and reared in Mexico City), a swing through Latin America in 1953 with the President's brother, Dr. Milton Eisenhower, and service as U.S. delegate to a number of Latin American conferences. Prognosis for his Senate confirmation: smooth...
...predominantly Protestant South is still the heartland of anti-Catholic attitudes. In 1928, the last year when religion was a big national political issue, Quaker Herbert Hoover soundly defeated Al Smith, a Catholic, by more than 6,000,000 votes, and seven states (Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas. Virginia) split from the Solid South to vote Republican. The Southern trend, according to Gallup...
...Thus, since 58% of all U.S. Catholics are Democrats (see chart), a Republican Catholic candidate might lure one out of every seven Democratic voters to his cause. Unsurprisingly, nearly all Catholics (95%) said they would vote for a candidate who shared their politics as well as their religion. The insignificant 2% who would not vote for a fellow Catholic of the same political persuasion were afraid of upsetting Protestant-Catholic relations...
Busy Host. Next morning seven U.S. veterans of World War II, in Moscow for a reunion with Russian troops they had met when the two armies came together at the Elbe River, were ushered into the Kremlin for more of Khrushchev's camaraderie. He autographed their short-snorter bank notes, received with thanks a map showing the point where Soviet and American troops first met before V-E day. When Alexander Lieb of Sherman Oaks, Calif, gave Khrushchev a ballpoint pen as a souvenir, Nikita, laughing, handed over a more expensive fountain pen in return...
...President excluded the Communists from his government but achieved a look of political unity by giving three Cabinet posts each to opposition parties, only two to his own A.D. (Seven "independents" are all trusted Betancourt friends.) With a solid majority in Congress and state governorships, A.D. is launching a fight for the labor unions, heavily infiltrated by Communists after the dictator fled...