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...Rocky were actually closer on the issue of "welfarism" than such Democrats as, say, Wayne Morse and Harry Byrd. But that still left them mighty far apart, and Barry could not resist wisecracking that a race between Rockefeller and Johnson "would be a choice of Tweedledee and Tweedledum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republicans: Finally, Zeroing In | 2/21/1964 | See Source »

...Abbott is the warrior himself, and never was miles more glariosus. One had feared that his new trimness would rob him of his comic talents. Rest assured; It is not so Mr. Deshong has built him up to Tweedledum dimensions, and Mr. Abbott is free to play Zero Mostel, which he does to perfection: swagers, poses, attitudes, the works...

Author: By Anthony Hiss, | Title: The Braggart Warrior | 6/10/1963 | See Source »

...Abbott is the warrior himself, and never was miles more gloriosus. One had feared that his new trimness. Rest assured; it is not so. Mr. DeShong has built him up to Tweedledum dimensions, and Mr. Abbott is free to play Zero Mostel, which he does to perfection: swaggers, poses, attitudes, the works...

Author: By Anthony Hiss, | Title: The Braggart Warrior | 4/24/1963 | See Source »

...support for McCormack at the forth-coming Democratic convention. Howe urged his colleagues to contact convention delegates from their districts, to write letters to the press, to proselytize within their communities, and to formally support McCormack. He concluded "the choice before the Democratic Convention is not between Tweedledum and Tweedledee. It is a choice between a tested liberal and an impudent young...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Howe Blasts Ted Kennedy | 6/1/1962 | See Source »

...crisis that followed. Brazil's military forced a switch from a presidential to a parliamentary system, designed to block rabble-rousing Veep João ("Jango") Goulart from gaining full executive power as President. But the result has been aimless drift and a leadership vacuum, under the Tweedledum-Tweedledee administration of power-stripped President Goulart and a dreamy Prime Minister named Tancredo Neves. As Quadros neared home, the danger of a Quadros power grab finally stirred Quadros' predecessor, President Juscelino Kubitschek, to speak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil: Leader Wanted | 3/9/1962 | See Source »

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