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With political conventions less than a year away, and presidential primaries only months in the future, speculation and prediction on the fate of the GOP are rife. Despite the setback in his Dewey victory forcast in '48, Gallup feels that Truman could not stand against a popular and non-controversial Republican. Now that this party has control, albeit split control, of Congress, the time has come to put a Republican in the White House. Elsewhere Gallup, as well as other political observers, have expressed the belief that another defeat for the GOP would make way for the rise...
...Setback. Politicians who got close to him during that spell were somewhat astonished at what they saw. Dulles turned out to be a man who preferred bourbon, who had an unexpected, thunderous guffaw, and who relished campaigning. His easy manner belied the crack inevitably attached to his name: "dull, duller, Dulles." He refused to talk down. He went from town to town, a slouched figure in an upturned soft hat, looking more like a threadbare professor than a Wall Street lawyer. But he lost to one of New York's great votegetters, four-term Governor Herbert Lehman. Not only...
...Singapore, on his tour of Asia, Governor Thomas E. Dewey expressed a view of the Korean war that was diametrically opposed to the MacArthur thesis of "utter uselessness." Said Dewey: "the vast armies of Red China have taken a terrific beating," and Communism has suffered its worst setback since...
...opposition, clearly signified a protest vote. It was aimed principally at the soaring cost of living (up 10% in the past year), high taxes and credit restrictions. The Liberals still held a top-heavy majority in Parliament (188 seats to 46 for the Tories, 28 for others), but their setback seemed likely to produce policy changes. Among the Ottawa rumors: further steps against inflation; a cabinet shakeup. The government had had a warning that Canadian voters can tire even of the Liberals...
...Healthy fractions of the Glee Club, the Pierian Sodality, and the Radcliffe Choral Society have been used in most of the large concerts. For "The Gypsy Baron," the Society imported Polyna Stoska from the Met. "The Gypsy Baron" was the organization's most ambitious production, and its most serious setback...