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Barry M. Goldwater
Barry Goldwater Barry Goldwater (born 1909) 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 gained him the label "Mr. Conservative" in American politics. He was considered... Read more |
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Barry Morris Goldwater
Barry Morris Goldwater 1909-98, U.S. senator (1953-65, 1969-87), b. Phoenix, Ariz. He studied at the Univ. of Arizona, but left in 1929 to enter his family's department-store business. After noncombat service in World War II, he won election to the Phoenix city council. In the U.S. Senate,... Read more |
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Goldwater-Nichols Act
Goldwater‐Nichols Act (1986).The Goldwater‐Nichols Department of Defense (DoD) Reorganization Act of 1986, sponsored by Senator Barry Goldwater and Representative Bill Nichols, was enacted primarily to improve the ability of U.S. armed forces to conduct joint (interservice) and... Read more |
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National Politics
NATIONAL POLITICS: 1968 ELECTIONS The Republican Nomination Race Romney Leads Early. After the resounding defeat of presidential candidate Barry Goldwater in 1964 the Republican Party was left leaderless and seemed moribund. One bright spot in that year, when many Republican... Read more |
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Goldwater, Barry
Goldwater, Barry (1909–1998), U.S. Senator...By the time of his death in 1998, Barry Goldwater had become a popular public figure...Bibliography Robert Alan Goldberg , Barry Goldwater, 1995. David Burner |
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Goldwater‐Nichols Act
Goldwater‐Nichols Act (1986).The Goldwater‐Nichols Department of Defense (DoD) Reorganization Act of 1986, sponsored by Senator Barry Goldwater and Representative Bill Nichols, was enacted primarily to... |
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Goldwater v. Carter
Goldwater v. Carter, 444 U.S. 996 (1979), decided 13 Dec. 1979 by vote...Marshall concurring, Brennan, White and Blackmun in dissent. Senator Barry Goldwater and other members of Congress challenged President Jimmy Carter's... |
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Conservatism
...movement in the Republican party took control from its moderate eastern wing and nominated Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona for president. Goldwater, supported by conservative intellectuals and the many college chapters of Buckley's Young Americans... |
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John Birch Society
...connecting the older conservatism of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s to the new conservatism of Barry Goldwater, George C. Wallace, and Ronald Reagan. Goldwater and Reagan both found it convenient to quote Welch's anticommunist, antigovernment rhetoric... |
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Johnson, Lyndon B.
...he easily won a landslide victory over Republican Barry Goldwater, an outspoken conservative, in the 1964 presidential...heavy Democratic majorities in Congress created by Goldwater's crushing defeat. Critics would charge that many... |
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Sixties, The
...Peace Corps.Challenged in 1964 by Arizona senator Barry Goldwater, a deeply conservative Republican, Johnson won a...part by running as a peace candidate in contrast to Goldwater's saber rattling. Soon after the election, ironically... |
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
...S. air strikes against North Vietnam. Seeking to bolster his presidential campaign against the hawkish Republican Barry Goldwater and to secure congressional backing for his Vietnam policies, Johnson asked congressional approval of a resolution... |
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Social Security
...long as the ratio of workers to beneficiaries was high. Republican presidential candidates Alf Landon in 1936 and Barry Goldwater in 1964 criticized the program, but Republicans generally joined Democrats in supporting reforms recommended by Social... |
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Great Society
...stage for a flurry of legislative initiatives. Johnson's landslide victory over the Republican candidate, Senator Barry Goldwater, gave the president both a powerful mandate and large Democratic majorities in Congress to carry it out. Johnson... |
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Goldwater, Barry Morris
Goldwater, Barry Morris (b. 1 Jan. 1909, d. 29 Aug. 1998). US Senator 1953–65...for his home state and was Republican candidate for president 1964. Goldwater was identified with the radical right in the 1950s and 1960s and was... |
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Goldwater-Nichols Act
Goldwater-Nichols Act Also known as the Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 a law presented by Senator Barry Goldwater and Representative William Nichols in 1986 to propose the most extensive... |
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Reagan, Ronald Wilson
...of his lectures, fired him. Reagan won national attention in 1964 with his nominating speech for U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater, and in 1967 he ran successfully for governor of California; during his term he began welfare reforms and eliminated... |
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Great Society
...provision for all. Johnson developed the theme in the 1964 election campaign, which he won by a landslide against Barry Goldwater. Johnson presented a programme to Congress comprising a ‘war on poverty’, medical insurance underwritten by... |
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Barry Goldwater Obit
...HOST: And I'm Noah Adams. Barry Goldwater, the man called "Mr. Conservative...NEAL CONAN, NPR REPORTER: Barry Goldwater's seminal contribution to modern...government governs least." BARRY GOLDWATER, FORMER U.S. SENATOR (R... |
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BARRY GOLDWATER, ICON OF CONSERVATISM, DIES AT 89
Barry Goldwater, the sharp-tongued, uncompromising...more ardent champion of liberty than Barry Goldwater," said Sen. John McCain, the Republican...the 1986 election. "Simply put, Barry Goldwater was in love with freedom." ... |
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Barry Goldwater, outspoken icon of conservatism, dies at 89
...29-1998 PHOENIX (AP) _ Barry Goldwater, the sharp-tongued, uncompromising...ardent champion of liberty than Barry Goldwater,'' said Sen. John McCain...Senate in 1987. ``Simply put, Barry Goldwater was in love with freedom... |
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Barry Goldwater remembered as `an American original'
...political landscape honored Barry Goldwater, whose no-nonsense appeal...on Wednesday, the day of Goldwater's funeral in Tempe. ``Barry was a man of tremendous...back to what happened to Barry Goldwater in 1964 when he was ... |
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BARRY GOLDWATER: AMERICAN PATRIOT.(Editorial)(Editorial)
Barry Goldwater's lasting legacy is not as much a...President Clinton aptly described him, Barry Goldwater was ``truly an American orginal...A well-deserved epitaph for Barry Goldwater, dead at 89. e |
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There's something about Barry: Goldwater has many claimants to his legacy,...
...YEARS LEADING up to Barry Goldwater's death, conservatives...and, yes, former Goldwater girl Hillary Clinton...affecting moment comes as Barry Jr. and his sister...new respect accorded Barry Goldwater is the appearance of... |
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Remembering Barry Goldwater
...m Ray Suarez. Last week, Barry Goldwater's death brought an outpouring...presidential defeat in history, and Barry Goldwater's continued service in the...there, a thread of history and Barry Goldwater's definitely a part of ... |
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The Founding Father.(Barry Goldwater)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Remembering Barry Goldwater-the salty, straight...Gipper and the modern GOP BARRY GOLDWATER HAD TIME TO WASTE. IN...was still a territory-Goldwater grew up with open spaces...major department store; Barry's grandfather "Big... |
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`An American original' // Barry Goldwater: 1909-1998
PHOENIX Barry Goldwater, the sharp-tongued, uncompromising...more ardent champion of liberty than Barry Goldwater," said Sen. John McCain, the...the Senate in 1987. "Simply put, Barry Goldwater was in love with freedom." Mr... |
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BEFORE THE STORM: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American...
BEFORE THE STORM: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American...new book, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American...Consensus. But its suggestion that Barry Goldwater did the unmaking is at ... |
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