Word: texan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Leader of the rebellion is Texas Governor Allan Shivers, a man who alternates between boldness and caution, who often talks in sweeping absolutes and temperamentally prefers compromise. At present, Shivers seems to be in one of his bold moods. For size, for noise, for drama, his upheaval seems peculiarly Texan...
...sought a solution to our dilemma-the dilemma faced by lifelong Texas Democrats who sincerely want to vote their own convictions without leaving the party of their fathers ... In my opinion there is no legal and moral way of accomplishing the desired purpose . . . It is time for every Texan to caucus with his own conscience...
Whenever there is a tough baritone part to be sung these days, the call is likely to go to a modest 42-year-old Texan named Mack Harrell. In his 15 years as a professional, he has sung such larynx-cracking roles as the lead in Wozzeck and Rabbi Azrael in The Dybbuk; last season he gave more concerts with orchestra than any other U.S. baritone. Last week, at a time when most hard-working men were snoozing in vacation hammocks, Mack Harrell was still at it: singing Virgil Thomson's intricate new Five Songs of William Blake...
Currently, a Texan holds the record for fortitude. Tall and tough, he was in great pain from a broken arm when he walked into the red brick hospital building in suburban Neuilly. The doctor saw that it was not a fresh break, asked why he had not come in sooner. "Oh," said the Texan, "I figured it would knit by itself and wasn't important enough to bother the hospital about...
Died. Gene ("Old Tack") Howe, 66, publisher (1926-50) of the Amarillo Globe and News, whose daily column, "The Tactless Texan," was standard fare to thousands in the panhandle; by his own hand (gunshot); in Amarillo (see PRESS...