Word: governorship
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...isolationist, takes the seat of one of the U.S.'s great senatorial statesmen, aging (78) and respected Walter George. To outward appearances, Herman has progressed not only beyond his father's viciousness and venom but beyond the uncertainties that haunted the brash youth who seized the governorship in Atlanta that rainy night nearly ten years ago. Smooth and suave as an actor, Herman in his "tel-lee-vision" (as he calls it) appearances has convinced Georgians "that a Talmadge doesn't have horns and a tail, and that he wears shoes." He has abandoned his father...
President Eisenhower has shown a constructive leadership far superior to that evidenced by Adlai E. Stevenson during his governorship of Illinois, Harold E. Stassen, special assistant to the president, said last night...
...recalled that he had traveled extensively with his father in his 1948 campaign for the Governorship of Illinois, going "from county to county" and "from town to town." He felt that his father derived real pleasure from that sort of campaigning, saying "he loved...
However small, the victory margin opened the door to the governorship for Daniel, who will face only token Republican opposition in November. He is expected to resign his Senate seat some time between the general election and his January inauguration, in which case his successor will be picked in a singleshot, leader-take-all special election. Already a declared Senate candidate and the early favorite: ultraconservative, Red-chasing Congressman at Large Martin Dies. Likely to give Dies his toughest competition: Ralph Yarborough...
Using a flashback technique, telescoping time, and making use of excellent photography and imagination for transition, Welles follows Kane from his childhood, to his rise as head of a newspaper chain, through the campaign for governorship and two marriages, and eventually a lonely death. This biography lacks a clear central meaning as well as a plot. But Welles creates so forceful a character and complements him with natural yet biting dialogue and a strong supporting cast, that the faults can be overlooked...