Word: texan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Filibuster leader was San Antonio's Henry Gonzalez, 41, the first Texan of Mexican parentage to be elected to the state senate since 1892. Alternating with Laredo's Abraham Kazen Jr., 38, Freshman Senator Gonzalez (who perfected his speech as a child by practicing with pebbles in his mouth, "like Demosthenes") ranged the course of world history and literature to flesh out his marathon talk. Quoting hugely from Herodotus, the Prophet Jeremiah, John Donne and many another classic, he dazzled his colleagues -and almost wore them down-with his panegyric on freedom and on the crucial need...
...Saturdays, I get my black velvet dress out of its box. And I dress my hair and put a fresh flower in a vase beside me. After all, I am to spend the afternoon with dukes and duchesses." In the '305, when the Met was being refurbished, a Texan had one of the plush seats sent to him so that he could "listen in style." One devotee left the Met $2,000 in her will "as a token of my sincere appreciation" for the broadcasts. (One year a third of the Met's million-dollar contributions came from...
...Yarborough campaign headquarters in Austin, his supporters whooped it up as the good news came in, reached their peak when they read a congratulatory telegram from Songstresses Patience and Prudence, whose Texan uncles helped Senator-elect Yarborough's campaign. They talked of sending off a wire to conservative Democrat Daniel, who is no Yarborough fan, simply quoting that line from the P. and P. hit record: "So long my honey, goodbye my dear, gonna get along without...
...Western series so well that they have already scheduled twelve more for next fall-the biggest visible trend for the new season-and independents are hopefully breaking in 50 other contenders. Among the forthcoming shows: CBS's Have Gun, Will Travel, ABC's The Texan, The Californians, Oklahoma Kid, NBC's The Wagon Train, Pony Express. ABC's half-hour Lije and Legend of Wyatt Earp (8:30 p.m.) is at the center of a solid two-hour Western bloc that enables the network to dominate Tuesday evening viewing...
What about the shortfall in oil shipments to Europe? To get an answer to the question, the House Commerce Committee heard General Ernest O. Thompson of the Texas Railroad Commission, which controls the production of Texas oil. On his flanks ranged virtually every important Texan in Washington, all well aware of how bad Texas has looked recently in the eyes of the world. On one side walked House Speaker Sam Rayburn, on the other Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson. Said Speaker Sam, lest anyone mistake Thompson's qualifications: "The general, in my humble opinion, knows more about oil than...