Word: elect
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...conference, agreed to follow general ground rules of the Eisenhower Administration (no reporters may phone, type or leave the room till the conference is done), then haggled for a while over what to call Kennedy. Earlier in the campaign they had shifted from Jack to Senator. Now "Mr. President-elect" sounded too clumsy; "Mr. President" would not be fitting till Jan. 20, 1961. Later, Kennedy himself cleared it up, asked that he be called "Senator-a mighty good title," though the press conference ended with a called-out "Thank you, Mr. President" anyway...
...half a dozen appointees President-elect Kennedy named last week, two are likely to have a decisive effect in shaping his Administration: Special Counsel Ted Sorensen and White House Liaison Man Clark Clifford...
...press conference, President-elect Kennedy was mum about which men he would pick for his Cabinet. That would have to wait, he said, until after his Thanksgiving weekend conference with President Eisenhower. The making of dream Cabinets spun on, nevertheless, and expert guesses from Washington centered on these names and posts...
...unfair that Europeans are not allowed to participate in the election of the U.S. President, since their fate in so many ways is in the hands of men chosen by Americans alone," the late Aneurin Bevan once remarked, only half in jest. Last week not only the U.S. but Europe and the rest of the world were debating the qualities and qualifications of President-elect John F. Kennedy...
...Kansas-born Linden Johnson, 46 (no relation to Vice President-elect Lyndon Johnson), served with the U.S. Air Force in India, Burma and China, took his discharge overseas in 1948, and was trapped by the Red Chinese when they captured Shanghai. Released in 1950, Johnson arrived in Hong Kong "so busted he didn't have a bed to sleep in." Becoming the partner of a Chinese friend, Johnson rented factory space, hired a few score workers and began production of high-fashion women's clothes trademarked Dynasty. He now has a large factory in Kowloon, a showroom...