Goldwater, Barry M.
(b. January 1, 1909; d. May 29, 1998) Senator and presidential candidate active in support of conservative Cold War policies.
Born in Arizona Territory into a family of Jewish im...
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Barry Goldwater
Born January 1, 1909Phoenix, Arizona
Died May 29, 1998Paradise Valley, Arizona
Republican politician andpresidential candidate
Barry Goldwater. Photo courtesy of The Library of Con...
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Goldwyn, Samuel (1879-1974)
One of the most successful of the early independent film producers, Samuel Goldwyn will be remembered for many of his classic films, for his uncultured style, and for his m...
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Barry Goldwater (1909-1998) was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate five times between 1952 and 1980, leaving temporarily to run unsuccessfully for president in 1964. His outspoken conservatism...
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When it has come to the serious business of selecting presidential nominees, the Republican Party has been far more orderly, organized and predictable than the Democrats. In the last 35 years, Geor...
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Key dates in the life of Lady Bird Johnson:Dec. 22, 1912 _ Claudia Alta Taylor born in Karnack, Texas.Around 1913 _ Nicknamed Lady Bird in infancy.Nov. 17, 1934 _ Marries Lyndon Johnson.April 10, 1...
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Sam Waterston, whose character Jack McCoy recently became district attorney on the long-running NBC crime drama "Law & Order," says he has no interest in following Fred Thompson's lead and runn...
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reaching out to black voters and organized labor.
Joe Bruno had mixed success as a businessman before selling his company for $23 million.
The New York Times editorial board has some advice for t...
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Gallup polling over the past three decades shows Republican front-runners usually win their party's nomination, but Democrats do not. Some elections:1972-DemocratsFebruary 1971: Edmund Muskie, 26 p...
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Oct 27 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major
events to have occurred on Nov. 3 since 1900: 1903 - Panama declared itself independent of Colombia after
a U.S.-engineered revolt and the arriva...
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The Supreme Court loosened regulations on political advertising in a 5-to-4 decision yesterday.
The New York Times investigates Rupert Murdoch‘s business in China, and says he “cooper...
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On the left, it is increasingly fashionable to trash David Broder and his political pronouncements, which sometimes reflect an unusual and baffling level of sympathy for the White House.
But on ...
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Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday criticized the Bush administration for outsourcing teaching to private tutoring companies, arguing that many firms have close ties t...
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Today is Tuesday, May 29, the 149th day of 2007. There are 216 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 29, 1765, Patrick Henry denounced the Stamp Act before Virginia's House of B...
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Goldwater, Barry M.
Goldwater, Barry
Goldwyn, Samuel (1879-1974)
Barry Goldwater
Another 1964 for Republicans?
