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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...only possessed of Dirksen's "wit and wisdom," "humor and poetry," "scholarly erudition and home spun simplicity," then would he "unleash them in orchestrated expression of the great affection, respect, admiration and esteem in which I hold the distinguished minority leader. I would weave with words a magic spell over the Senate as he has done so many times. With words, I would lift the eyes of the Senators to the mountain peaks and the stars beyond, or I would lead them gently down a rustic road in Illinois. With words, I would lay bare the heart...
...resolution to try to memorialize the whole wide world, if that could be done, to compel Great Britain to give to Ireland her undivided freedom. That is the way I feel. I take my freedom straight. I am like little Johnny. His teacher asked him. "How do you spell straight?" He said. "S-T-R-A-I-G-H-T." The teacher then asked. "What does it mean?" He said. "Without ginger ale." That is the way I take my freedom. I take it without ginger ale. I take it straight. So I am for the Irish people, who want...
...idea was to fire our imaginations, and I think it worked." But he adds ruefully, "It failed to teach me to read fast or to spell correctly, and I've never been very good at either." For all of John D. Jr.'s efforts to bring his sons up as normal children, the brothers could never escape the fact that they were Rockefellers. When David, at five, insisted on roller-skating to school like the other children, he was allowed to do so?but to his chagrin a nurse tagged along and a chauffeured limousine cruised near by in case...
...particles. These rise into the air and-the weathermakers hope-eventually reach the clouds. The notion is that silver iodide in either form prevents hailstones from forming. As for the farmers' conviction that the seeding also prevents rain, the weathermaking team argues that this year's dry spell is simply part of the widespread drought afflicting much of the Northeastern...
...finance a wide variety of home county improvements, including an elaborate cultural center. Last week the leaders were blaming the defeat only on themselves. Said Editor Patterson: "It was overconfidence. We had succeeded for so long I thought we couldn't fail. Therefore we didn't spell it out to the voters the way we should have. Next time we'll do it right." On the basis of past performances, there seems every chance that they will...