Word: snipes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...draggers. In backing Republican candidates in 1958, he said, he would show a lot more "enthusiasm" for "people that stand with me" than for "those that stand against me." This was a big turnabout from the week before when he had said, in effect, that Old Guard Republicans could snipe at his programs and still be sure of the same kind of boost from him at election time as his loyal supporters...
...sift. Snipe, world's most popular sailer for 25 years, reappeared with a new fiber-glass hull...
...power on his coattails, openly and often contemptuously opposed him and his administration. Four weeks ago, Magsaysay, at last, came to grips with his arch-opponent in his own party, Senator Claro Recto, 65, a skillful lawyer, neutralist, and determined anti-American, who had done his caustic best to snipe at Magsaysay's policy of friendship...
...clearly make both economic and military assistance continuing and vital parts of United States policy. Not only does the President's program reflect the "critical needs of Asia," but it also recognizes the need for an expanded program of economic development throughout the world. Congress has already begun to snipe at the economic plans not linked directly to defense requirements--the very plan that make the President's message both realistic and bold...
...Taft might have provided that kind of leadership. Without it the powerful senior Republicans, particularly in the Senate, still run things to suit their own conveniences. The Old Guard Republican leaders do not seem to be trying to take over the party. Rather, they snipe or obstruct without any apparent sense of party responsibility or direction. Minority Leader Bill Knowland, New Hampshire's Styles Bridges, Illinois' Everett Dirksen, Ohio's John Bricker and Colorado's Eugene Millikin virtually ignore the President as a leader of Congress. He makes no effort to punish them for so doing...