Word: liberale
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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¶ Massachusetts' John Kennedy and Missouri's Stuart Symington, the Democratic Party's two hottest presidential hopefuls, joined a group whose policies and pronouncements are generally somewhat to the port side of their own: the ultra-liberal Democratic Advisory Council. The two new members make D.A.C. participation...
Though one Kenya African leader grumped that his people would never be satisfied until Jomo Kenyatta is free, and some white settlers were alarmed at the impending release of hundreds of Mau Mau murderers, Harold Macmillan's new Colonial Secretary, bright, ambitious Iain Macleod, intends a bolder, more liberal...
Along with a bottomless campaign chest, Garcia & Co. had the advantage of divided opposition: unable to agree on a joint ticket, Vice President Diosdado Macapagal, Garcia-baiting boss of the Liberal Party, and Progressive Manuel Manahan, hailed by his followers as spiritual heir to the late great President Ramon Magsaysay...
What finally turned the tide in the Nacionalistas' favor was the vote from the barrios, the impoverished rural villages where an avalanche of government money proved helpful. By week's end the Nacionalistas seemed certain to elect five Senators-including Ramon Magsaysay's younger brother, Genaro, who...
D!ed. William Langer, 73, fiery oddball Republican Senator from North Dakota (since 1940); in Washington. A harddriving, hell-raising nonconformist who chewed unlighted cigars in their cellophane wrappers, baffled poll takers and battled all the harder when downed by defeat. "Wild Bill'' Langer was a hired farm...