Word: sure
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Even if Governor Rockefeller does decide to avoid a head-on New Hampshire clash with his chief rival, Vice President Richard Nixon, the contest seems sure to come eventually. In fact, Oregon's young Republican Governor Mark Hatfield, visiting in New York last week (and conferring with Rockefeller during his stay), assured newsmen that both Rockefeller and Nixon will be entered in the Oregon presidential primary. Reason: a new Oregon law requiring that the primary ballot carry the names of all candidates-whether "announced or generally advocated...
...Cowardly Attempt." But anyone who knew anything about Wayne Morse's record for political consistency could have made an odds-on bet that his Democratic honeymoon would not last forever. Sure enough, he soon began feuding with Richard Neuberger. In 1957 Neuberger voted for a civil rights bill that Morse had dismissed as meaningless. Later, Neuberger committed the sin of sponsoring a trivial bill to turn over some public lands to the town of Roseburg, Ore.-without consulting Wayne Morse. That did it. Morse killed the bill, which required unanimous Senate consent. There followed a truly remarkable exchange...
...complaisance, there are those who still keep a wary eye on the lazing erstwhile king. "Sure." said Broadway-TV Actor Horace (Naked City) MacMahon, "you're always hearing people say, 'Well, Winchell can't fight any more.' Maybe so, but it's like old Sugar Ray Robinson-you know anybody wants to fight...
...does not intend to "rock the boat-yet." She has also taken over the top post in sales, will later delegate sales supervision to a vice president, "but he must prove his worth." Says Mrs. Ward: "It's a man's world, and I'm not sure that isn't the way it should be. So what happens is that a woman always works a little harder to prove a point. I don't have a bit of awe about the job. I'm very confident...
...baby foods, Betty Crocker and Pillsbury cake mixes, Kellogg and Post cereals, General Foods' JellO, and Hellmann's mayonnaise. Explains Pillsbury Co. Vice President James Rankin: "Where much research, refinement and technology are needed, the private brands lag behind. Because we keep up quality and are always sure of enough research on new products and enough advertising to tell the public about them, we have no fear of private labels...