Word: supportables
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...twice) despite having collected 42.2% of the popular vote, against 31.9% for John Quincy Adams and 13% each for House Speaker Henry Clay and Georgia's William H. Crawford. In the Electoral College, Jackson's three opponents denied him a majority. In the House, Clay threw his support to Adams, who thus became President. Though Clay hotly denied Jacksonian charges that he had made a deal, he was soon appointed Secretary of State by Adams. Tempers ran so high that Clay fought a duel with John Randolph, who had publicly vilified the Clay-Adams alliance as "the combination...
...renegades severely by stripping them of seniority and desirable committee assignments if they fail to vote for Humphrey. House Republican Leader Jerry Ford has cannily avoided making any such threats to G.O.P. Congressmen. For one thing, he knows how much easier it will be for Republicans to pledge their support to Nixon than it will be for all Democrats-particularly Southerners-to promise in advance to back Humphrey. In fact, Ford is prepared to welcome defecting Democrats into the G.O.P. and assign them to new committee posts befitting their talents and seniority. If Ford gets many takers, both liberal Democrats...
...fees (total yearly cost: $2,600) and liberal rules (complete honor system, no dorm curfews for students entertaining dates), Prescott expects little difficulty in filling its classes. A chance to teach in small, informal seminars and high salaries ($14, average) have helped attract a strong and adventurous faculty. Support from Arizona citizens has been building as well; last year, Barry Goldwater donated his personal library to the college At Prescott, says President Nairn, who served as a New Zealand fighter pilot during World War II and holds a Ph. D. from Yale, "we are taking our past concepts of learning...
...Appeal. On the campaign trail, both candidates do their best to appeal to pocketbook interests. Humphrey, using a theme that has been generally successful for decades, maintains that U.S. citizens "have never had it so good." He always adds: "Don't let the Republicans take it away." To support his argument, Humphrey cites "91 months of sensational economic growth," a 4% yearly rise in take-home pay for a family of four, doubled business profits and the lowest unemployment in 15 years...
...balls of his feet as he speaks, gesturing sharply with his right hand. "I'm no lawyer," he begins, "and I don't understand all this fancy language. Sure I'll go for 'expansion' rather than 'growth.' But I do want to say here that I will support any program, any program at all, no matter what you call it, see, that gives rent-control to the poor and brings in low-cost housing for the people who need it most--just so long as it also sends Harvard and MIT packing across the river...