Word: torchlights
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Manhattan, after a big, noisy torchlight parade from Times Square, Kennedy told a tumultuous crowd at the Coliseum: "I want above all else to be a President known, at the end of four years, as one who not only prevented war but won the peace-as one of whom history might say, 'He not only laid the foundations for peace in his time, but for generations to come as well...
...show up soon," a policeman told part of the crowd awaiting Senator Kennedy's progression up Broadway Saturday night, "we'll all catch pneumonia and won't be able to vote Tuesday." It was pouring rain, and the candidate was already an hour-and-a-half late for his "torchlight parade." The first segment of the show, about 150 cars decorated with Kennedy-Johnson posters and carrying electric torches, had passed at 7 p.m--on time--and has met an apathetic reception...
...election eve in New Hampshire, the big white clock in the cupola of Dover's city hall glowed down on the wintry town, and the resinous vapors of a torchlight parade gave a tang to the crisp night air. The kilted Granite State Highlanders tootled The Blue Bells of Scotland on their bagpipes, and John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the Democratic U.S. Senator from neighboring Massachusetts, marched behind them through the streets of Dover. In the city hall, 1,000 people waited to see Candidate Kennedy and to hear his last word in the first primary campaign of 1960. "Beginning tomorrow...
...rule, would vote Communist again. After all, the Reds had not been thrown out at the polls but removed from office on orders from New Delhi. This time the non-Communists were taking no chances. They borrowed freely from successful Communist tricks ranging from parades of painted elephants to torchlight processions. In the most Christian (24%) of India's 14 states, priests warned of the dire consequences if the Reds returned to power with their plan to give half of the teaching posts in church schools to Communists. Both sides plastered mud walls with gory posters. Red posters showed...
...Congress Party had teamed up with two bitter political rivals, the Praja Socialists and the Moslem League, so that the Communists could not slide into power in Kerala as they did in 1957 with only 35% of the vote. "Unholy alliance," sputtered Communist speakers who fought back with colorful torchlight processions, music and open-air movies...