Word: waver
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Although the disclosure raises new questions about Haynsworth's moral sensitivity, it has not shaken his supporters' confidence in his ultimate confirmation. But those less committed to his appointment are beginning to waver. Whether or not Haynsworth is actually in conflict of interest, his actions have at least raised the appearance of conflict. As the Canons of Judicial Ethics point out, a judge should avoid even actions that arouse suspicion...
...just that point that the issue turned last week. Capitol Hill was fogged in speculation about which ABM opponents might waver if the Administration started twisting arms. Mclntyre himself would be badly hurt if the Defense Department decided to close down the Portsmouth Naval Base, an important employer in his constituency. But the key man, one of the few Senators un committed as debate began, was Vermont's venerable George Aiken, 76, dean of Senate Republicans and a man singularly invulnerable to pressure. (The total cost of Aiken's 1968 primary campaign was $17.09 for postage...
...weeks, the come-on ads for Disk Jockey Howard Miller's new radio show reverberated over Chicago's WCFL: "Howard Power! Howard Power! Howard Power!" Massed choruses sang God Bless America as Miller earnestly avowed: "I'm proud to be a flag waver! And I'll be waving it plenty every morning. You will find me ready, hard-hitting with truth and justice." In a full-page, flag-bedecked newspaper ad, Miller pledged his allegiance to the Stars and Stripes, the President, servicemen, policemen and firemen. Miller's No. 1 fan, Mayor Richard Daley, delivered...
Getting Iffy. One Republican who did not waver in his support of the President's Viet Nam policy was Everett Dirksen. The scramble among his fellow Republicans to dissociate themselves from Johnson's war policy prompted him to shake his head. "They're all getting iffy. I don't know what the hell's wrong with them," he complained last week. "The fellows in uniform over there aren't going to appreciate it one damn...
...another, explains his father, "Bus is extremely patriotic. He's no flag waver, but keeping the Cup here is very important to him." Finally, the Intrepid syndicate, managed by Philadelphia Banker William Strawbridge, offered him a chance to collaborate from the start with Architect Olin Stephens on the design of the yacht. Bus agreed, and eight models, 35 modifications, 18 months of tank tests and $750,000 later, Intrepid slid down the ways at City Island, N.Y., last April-the shortest (at 64 ft.), homeliest, most radical and most expensive 12-meter yacht ever built...