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...almost an exact reversal of its 1960 margin for Richard Nixon. Of Connecticut's 169 towns, Johnson won all but eleven -a feat unmatched even by Roosevelt. While conservative on economic and domestic matters, New Englanders tend to be international-minded-and Goldwater's trigger-happy image hurt him there. So did his confused stance on social security, particularly since it was so publicly aired by Fellow Republican Nelson Rockefeller in the New Hampshire primary...
...seems to me that instead of the continual stress on whether the American people want a "trigger-happy" President, it is high time that people start asking themselves whether they want a "wheeler-dealer" President, who wants to get his way by any nefarious or unscrupulous means and build up his personal fortune into the bargain. Other countries of the world would have far more respect for a President of high moral principles, firmness and unquestionable character...
...plant and animal life that once inhabited these coral islands, a team of University of Washington radiologists, sponsored by the Atomic Energy Commission, have made an extensive, five-week survey. They report findings that seem to suggest that if ever men are foolish enough to pull the nuclear trigger-and fortunate enough to limit the area of conflict-the earth may not become a wasteland after...
...enormous professional skill and savvy on the other qualified him even for the Supreme Command, which was eventually denied to him through the failure of his superiors to recognize and appreciate the intrinsic and overwhelming value of such a combination." But at another, he concedes that Patton's trigger temper and lack of political sophistication probably disqualified him for higher responsibilities. Patton botched his proconsul duties, first as the ruler of French Morocco in 1942-43, and later as Military Governor of Bavaria. He gave Eisenhower no choice but to ease...
...clear fact is that we do not make a satisfactory return on the vast sums of money invested. Surely one of the most important misconceptions in the public mind is that a rise in the price of steel-and only steel-can trigger inflation...