Word: bantamweight
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Arms. On Lucas' behalf, Douglas and McAdams were using the same tactics they had used to get Douglas elected in 1948. Ever since 1942, when both tried unsuccessfully to buck the Kelly-Nash machine, "Spike" McAdams, a onetime professional bantamweight boxer, had been the devoted sidekick of ex-Professor Douglas. Like Douglas, who lost the use of his left arm while fighting with the Marines on Okinawa, McAdams, now a successful attorney, had lost his in action with the Navy at Leyte. Their 1948 technique had been to scour the state in a jeep, stopping at factories, filling stations...