Word: interregnum
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Dates: during 1961-1961
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...principle, then John Fitzgerald Kennedy will take his place in the lofty company to which he honorably aspires." Since then, although still generally enthusiastic about the Kennedy Administration, Shannon has increasingly peppered his prose. Wrote he of Kennedy's early Cabinet choices: "It has been a pretty sad interregnum for liberal admirers of our new, young President-elect. What began as a search for new men is ending as the acceptance of grey men." After Secretary of State Dean Rusk's first press conference, Shannon commented acidly: "Answering approximately 20 questions, he explored the outer reaches of cliche...