Word: ticket
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...five felt that Nixon was not vice-presidential material and that his presence on the Republican ticket would damage the G.O.P.'s chances in November. They were not, however, unanimous in endorsing the candidacy of Massachusetts Governor Christian A. Herter '14 who was recommended by Stassen...
Robert G. McCloskey, associate professor of Government at Harvard, claimed that "it is a commonplace political observation that Nixon would not help the Republican ticket." He felt that a fight over the vice-presidential candidate "would show that some people are thinking and that Nixon is not quite vice-presidential material...
Louis Hartz '40, associate professor of Government at Harvard, and Hans Kohn, professor of History at C.C.N.Y., both backed Stassen's proposal. They agreed that an Eisenhower-Herter ticket would carry with it more House and Senate seats than one where Nixon was the running mate, and to this extent would improve the overall Republican outlook...
...opinion given by Samuel H. Beer, professor of Government at Harvard, tended away from the position held by Hartz and Kohn. Beer, who personally "abhors" the idea of being governed by Nixon if he should succeed to the presidency, believed that a ticket with Nixon would be a balanced...
...least six of the 15 passengers boarding the Hungarian airliner at Budapest one day last week carried with them equipment not generally considered essential to air travel. But for the six concerned, the cheap iron wrench that each kept concealed and near at hand was as good as a ticket to freedom. As the plane took off on its regular run to the border town of Szombathely, the six sat silent, warily scrutinizing their fellow passengers and keeping a watchful eye on one of their number, a former air-force lieutenant named Gyorgy Polyak, who carried not only a wrench...