Presidential Countdown New Password for McGovern Jobs
McGovern shifts to a single issue, jobs, aided by O Brien and Kennedy as polls show him far behind Nixon. Daley backs McGovern in Illinois, labor committee forms, Meany stays neutral. McGovern aims to mobilize voters on unemployment despite late campaign hurdles.
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Missouri
Tom Eagleton
Sargent Shriver
Larry O’brien
McGovern
O’brien
Ted Kennedy
McGovern-Shriver
Chicago
Richard Daley
Illinois
G.O.P
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Nixon
Labor Committee
Joe Keenan
Electrical
Gallup
Lou Harris
White House
Clark MacGregor
McKinley Bryan 1896 clash and Spanish American War
The piece contrasts McKinley and Bryan in the 1896 election with McKinley’s early campaign fund and Bryan’s cross of gold speech. It notes McKinley’s war decision leading to the Spanish American War, Hearst and Pulitzer yellow journalism, the Maine explosion, and the treaty that ceded Cuba Puerto Rico and the Philippines, ending with benevolent assimilation.
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William McKinley
Canton
Ohio
William Jennings Bryan
McKinley
Mark Hanna
Richard Nixon
Bryan
23Rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry
23Rd
Rutherford Hayes
Battle of
Antietam
Congress
Capitol
Washington
W. H. Harrison
Cleveland
Spain
William R. Hearst
Joseph Pulitzer
Havana Harbor
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Paris
Senate
Asia
Bernstein on Words Don’t Color Livid Too Rosy
Theodore M. Bernstein discusses word usage and ellipsis in journalism. He explains livid should mean blue or ashen, not red faced, and explores ellipsis pitfalls with examples. The piece also covers the origin of Smorgasbord and its spelling.
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McGovern
Sargent Shriver
McGovern-Shriver
Washington
Shriver
Humphrey
Shriver-McGovern
Democratic National Committee
Jean Westwood
EADEN
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Warren Rogers, Jr
Chicago Tribune
New York News Syndicate
Manifest Destiny
By Wallace Patterson
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Colonial
Bernstein
Theodore M. Bernstein
Jones
Smith
Boyne Falls
LOG Homes
North Liberty
Country Estates
Tony Staab
Cedar Rapids, Lowe
North Liberty, Lowe
Tony
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Boyne Falls Log Homes
Ae Donna Sooby
Russ Graham
Jack Lankow
Jim Ratcliff
Bob Meader
Paul Smongeski
Bob Finch
Larry Kolsto
Bob Peal
Steve Murphy
Che Gedur Rapids Gazette
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