Word: vermonter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...knew what was coming when the Vermont Senator rose on the Senate floor early in the week and asked for recognition. "Mr. President," said Flanders, "the junior Senator from Wisconsin interests us all-there can be no doubt about that-but also he puzzles some of us. To what party does he belong? Is he a hidden satellite of the Democratic Party, to which he is furnishing so much material for quiet mirth? It does not seem that his Republican label can be stuck on very tightly when, by intention or through ignorance, he is doing his best to shatter...
...reckless hunt for headlines. The changes-chiefly designed to prevent McCarthy from conducting one-man hearings-might not be enough to hold him in line, but they were important because they showed the attitude of the responsible Republican leadership. Sound, clear, public voice was given to that attitude by Vermont's Republican Ralph Flanders in a speech on the Senate floor (see Col. 2) and by Pres ident Eisenhower...
...Senate, Vermont's soundly liberal Ralph Flanders, 73, is known as a quiet man. He makes few speeches, seldom reaches for a headline. But last week Republican Flanders, in his quiet way, applied the lash to Joe McCarthy...
Dwight Eisenhower knew that the question would be asked, and he knew exactly what he was going to say. At the presidential press conference, the New York Herald Tribune's Roscoe Drummond did the asking: What was the President's reaction to the speech made by Vermont's Senator Flanders (see col. 2). As President Eisenhower answered, the words boiled over each other; he slashed the air with his right hand; he struck his desk with the edge of his left hand. His words were temperate, but his anger was clear and deep...
...Crimson scored 489 points, while Williams and Syracuse scored 470 and 445 respectively to take the last two positions. St. Lawrence, New Hampshire, Dartmouth, Vermont, Laval, and Norwich also competed...