Word: stevensonism
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After his family moved to Brooklyn, Koch worked his way through City College by selling shoes. During World War II, he fought in Europe as an Army sergeant and returned to graduate from New York University Law School. A reformer at heart, he was a worker for Adlai Stevenson and, in 1966, won a term on the city council. In 1968 he was elected to his first of four terms as a Congressman representing Manhattan's "Silk Stocking" district, which includes part of the wealthy Upper East Side. In 1977, despite the fact that both the banks and labor...
...press's lack of enthusiasm for either Reagan or Carter is matched by a decline in its fascination with John Anderson. He no longer inspires such rhapsodies as James Reston's discovery last February of a new Adlai Stevenson, "burdened by some personal characteristics that are now out of style in American politics: moderation, intelligence, experience...
...senatorial Claude Rains attempts to conceal his corruption behind an impressive tapestry of rhetoric. But Jimmy Stewart, barely able to complete a sentence, engagingly stumbling over his words, wins out because his sheer radiant American virtue shines through the manipulative deceits inherent in language. It is possible that Adlai Stevenson lost the presidency twice in part because he spoke a little too well. This theme returned passionately in the countercultural '60s, when inarticulate sincerity seemed the answer to the state's mendacities. Some preached that imperialism, racism and sexism are deeply embedded in the language-a fact that...
...consumer. In 1977 Scott accused General Motors of using Chevrolet engines in higher-priced Oldsmobiles; the giant auto company settled by agreeing to pay $34 million to customers. Last fall, after he decided to run for the G.O.P. nomination for the Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Adlai Stevenson, Scott had a 4-to-l lead in the polls over his nearest G.O.P. rival...
...sleek Cuban boxing machine, Teofilo Stevenson, 29, won his third straight heavyweight boxing championship-although for the first time in his Olympic career, two opponents actually lasted the full three rounds. In the finals Pyotr Zayev, a stocky (5 ft. 10 in., 191 Ibs.) Soviet, even had the audacity to hit the towering (6 ft. 4 in., 220 Ibs.) Stevenson a few times before the inevitable loss...