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Word: umphrey (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...long time, "Mr. 'Umphrey"?as Wallace refers to the Vice President ? received more attention than "Mr. Nixon." Lately, because of Nixon's success at the polls, he has turned his fire on the Republican, who is credited with a variety of sins, from deceitfulness to being part of the Administration that sent troops to Little Rock in 1957. Last week there was a new charge in the catalogue. The reason Nixon is so far ahead in the polls, Wallace averred in Albany, N.Y., is simple: he controls the pollsters and manipulates public opinion with the help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: WALLACE'S ARMY: THE COALITION OF FRUSTRATION | 10/18/1968 | See Source »

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