Word: tripped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...blizzard-stricken areas. Presumably, too, he was still thinking toward a decision on the second term issue. But as the week rolled on politicians and newsmen alike were becoming convinced that the decision was a foregone conclusion. A poll of White House correspondents who had made the trip to Georgia showed that 16 out of 20 believed that Ike would run. (Six weeks ago, at Key West, eleven out of 14 thought that he would not run.) In Washington, House Minority Leader Joe Martin was ready to go all the way out on the limb, flatly predicted: "Come March...
...answer is yes. His reasons for delay are partly financial; as an avowed candidate, Talmadge would have to meet expenses for setting up headquarters, hiring a secretarial staff-and buying his own television time. But Talmadge is in the race to the finish. During a recent speaking trip to South Carolina's Clemson Agricultural College, he confided to a small group: "I've been running for the last six months...
...Communist invasion, the members have pressed for financial help for more than 4,000 Chinese students in the U.S., and for mass relief and resettlement of refugees in Hong Kong and Formosa. Membership in the club is working with the state Grange and the congressional delegation to sponsor a trip to Formosa by a group of Washington State farmers...
Last week, speaking to the annual White House Conference of Mayors, Charlie Wilson jokingly told his audience: "Talking about your possible trip through the Pentagon, I would like to warn you about one thing-if any of you get lost you're liable to find that you've got a job." The point Wilson was trying to make was that he, like the rest of the Cabinet, has had great difficulty in keeping able assistants from ditching Government service for private business. But Engine Charlie's little joke drew reporters' attention to another point...
...basking in off-season peace and quiet, the managers are hard at work drawing up schedules for next year, arranging for and publicizing pre-season meetings, discussing with the coach and captain any particular improve ments or services for the coming season, and soliciting funds for the spring trip or its equivalent...