Word: striped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Nixon landslide would have left Percy in political limbo. As it is, the G.O.P.'s narrower victory improves Percy's chances somewhat, but not much; he may have trouble mustering support for re-election to the Senate in 1972 from Illinois Republicans of a less liberal stripe...
Gilligan was actually a pretty poignant figure. A red-haired new politician in what had to be a Brooks Brothers pin stripe, he was dog-tired. Standing outside the Celtics' dressing room, he said he was "just praying for good weather and 50,000 college kids on election day." For Gilligan and many others, new politics-or massive student and suburbanite participation--was no mere idealistic indulgence. Ohio's unions, which lavishly sponsored his successful primary run against Sen. Frank Lausche this spring, have ignored his banner since Chicago. Gilligan likes black people and dislikes Dean Rusk, a bit much...
...suffers from guilt by association. Martin Stone, a McCarthy leader in California, says of Humphrey's future: "He's finished. Nothing is going to change that. The old buffaloes are on their last legs." California's former Governor Pat Brown, an orthodox liberal of the Humphrey stripe, laments: "It's a bad day for guys like me who have worked in politics all their lives. You know, those liberals can be bastards when they get their hooks into...
Real liberals of the McCarthy stripe are few and far between in this poverty-stricken state, but the moderate reformers like Sec. of State party nominee John D. Rockefeller IV are relatively liberal. James Sprouce, a reformer won the party nomination after a long fight against one of the state's many close to corrupt party officials. If he wins, the reformers will have control of the all important patronage to build themselves up for 1970. A possible challenge for progressives in '70 is conservative Sen. Byrd. Men to watch are Sprouce and Rockefeller...
...clear how many demonstrators of various stripe will appear in Chicago during convention week. The National Mobilization Committee estimates it will attract 100,000. Allard Lowenstein said he expects the Coalition for an Open Convention to attract 150,000. Many small coordinating centers are being set up in Chicago, but most are along ideological rather than geographical lines...