Word: partisans
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Sometimes lost sight of in the heat of partisan charges was the fact that the U.S. is, in the here and now, the world's mightiest power-and if partisan debate were to convince the nation otherwise, the Soviets would be the only beneficiaries. The big defense questions apply to two or three years from now and are boundlessly technical. Answers are hardly likely to be discovered in platform give-and-take. Yet the nation's long-range interests will be well served if an intelligent debate alerts the U.S. to onrushing problems of military preparedness, braces...
...sunny and generous (like mischievous, young [37] TIME magazine, in fact), I did not refer to the admirable Arthur Miller as a "writer-cripple" [Jan. 18]. That is Miller's phrase, not mine; it appears in its proper context in a theater piece I wrote for the current Partisan Review...
With experience Humphrey came of age politically. His brashness cooled, he studied the rules, and eventually his likable personality began to register. One of his first important breakthroughs was to reach an accord with the Senate's Southern leadership. As a fire-breathing partisan of civil liberties, Humphrey was the natural enemy of the Southern bloc until, at the invitation of Louisiana's Russell Long (a Chevy Chase neighbor and an old acquaintance from his L.S.U. days), he actually sat down to lunch with a group of leading Southern Senators. To everyone's surprise, it turned...
...decidedly a team effort. Each of the lines broke into the scoring column at least once, and all three sets of wings brought roars of approval from the partisan crowd for their alert defensive play. Particularly outstanding was the play of junior Ted Ingalls, who handcuffed the Clarkson left wing throughout the game...