Word: ticket
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...will carry California if you are on the ticket. . . . We realize your duties and obligations as Governor of California, but the national interest is more compelling...
...Decision. But why had California's Governor allowed the "draft-Warren" movement to spread so far, so long? Best guess was that if the Republican Party had really needed him, he was willing to be had. His would have been a stronger name on the ticket than John Brickers. But when Bricker showed genuine Presidential strength on the Convention floor (in the delegates' hearts, if not in their ballots), it became good Dewey strategy to give Bricker the second place. Earl Warren, ready but reluctant to serve, stepped aside. In the months and years to come, he might...
...were jampacked with Americans on the go. People stood three deep at the hurry-up depot lunch counters, waited vainly for taxicabs, lugged their own heavy baggage because there weren't enough redcaps. Men in open-necked sport shirts, women in print dresses stood literally for hours in ticket lines. Squads of boys & girls, bound for summer camps, assembled beneath signs marked "Camp Hiawatha" or "Treasure Trove...
Edgar Bergen, the power behind Puppet Charlie McCarthy, was decorated by order of Sweden's King Gustav V, with the Order of Vasa, 1st Class, for furthering American-Scandinavian relations. He promptly ordered a miniature medal for his meal-ticket...
...Sportswriter Bill Corum (Hearst): "Governor Warren is lefthanded. This should account for the left-wing vote. But if the Governor is adamant about not running, the ticket-makers might do worse than try Babe Ruth. Babe has a big following and also would be popular with the southpaws...