Word: swing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Adlai Stevenson set off on his final campaign trip, a 14-day rail swing through the Central and Northeastern states. Throughout his campaign Stevenson had labored at a dual task: impressing his own character on the public mind and articulating his fear of the consequences of Republican victory. Now, with only a few days left until Nov. 4, he was trying to put across the two concepts simultaneously. As a result his public personality altered sharply from speech to speech...
...American Way." At Philadelphia this week, in the final swing of his campaign, Eisenhower firmly stated his position on subversion in Government...
Taft & McCarthy. When Eisenhower began his swing into the Midwest, he had established himself as an effective campaigner. He now faced two immediate political problems: Taft and Joe McCarthy...
This was the tenor of his campaign last week and will apparently be his line of attack during the last ten days of the campaign, when Stevenson, who has already traveled almost 30,000 miles and made about 100 speeches,* will make his final swing through the industrial East. Some time ago, Stevenson was asked just what kind of Democrat he was. His reply: " 'What kind of Democrat I am' makes me feel a little like the old lady who said she didn't know what she thought until she heard what she said...
...Pollack were friendly rivals. When they went into politics they stayed rivals. Tommy became Baltimore's mayor and Democratic national committeeman from Maryland. Pollack, a prosperous insurance broker, became Democratic boss of Baltimore's fourth state legislative district, and proved in election after election that he could swing 25,000 votes for any candidate he named to his faithful followers...