Word: silent
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Help from the Moderates. As the campaign entered its final weeks, Goldwater was getting some much-needed help from leaders of moderate Republicanism. New York's Governor Nelson Rockefeller, who had been notably silent about the national Republican ticket, now said publicly that he was for "Barry and Bill all the way," praised Goldwater as "a man of courage and integrity who has not ducked the issues...
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...Communist!" came the cry, and "Go back where you belong!" Finally, Humphrey turned to Georgia's Governor Carl Sanders, who had introduced him and was now sitting near by. "Governor," said Humphrey, "you'd better do something about this." Sanders, who has his own political problems, sat silent. Finally, the hoots and howls died down; Humphrey rushed nervously through a brief speech, got out of Moultrie as fast as he could...
...newsman asked the concierge what went on upstairs. She shrugged: "They come and go and make excited talk. They have big American cars and are very serious." Chairman Galbraith, who works for a French subsidiary of Morgan Guaranty Trust, is aided by Co-Chairman Colleen Moore, a star of silent movies, and both were pleased last week to have found a Goldwater chairman for Switzerland, Comic Strip Artist Hank Ketcham (Dennis the Menace). Many Goldwaterites from the U.S. have made the trip to Paris to give Galbraith and Moore a helping hand with their task...
PRESIDENT JOHNSON enjoys nothing more than making a speech and mingling with the crowds on a campaign trip. Before it is time for him to speak--while the audience sings the Star Spangled Banner, or local dignitaries deliver their greetings--the President is silent and deep in thought, often chewing gum as he awaits his turn to speak. He begins slowly and softly, with a serene look on his face. As he goes farther into the speech, his drawl becomes more obvious and his words more forceful; he induces a given response from the crowd with his own facial expressions...