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Barry Morris Goldwater

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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, Goldwater advocated state right-to-work laws, a reduction of public ownership of utilities, and decreases in welfare and foreign aid appropriations. He attacked subversive activities and opposed the senatorial censure of Joseph R. McCarthy . Goldwater became the acknowledged leader of the extreme conservative... Read more

Goldwater, Barry Morris
Goldwater, Barry Morris (b. 1 Jan. 1909, d. 29 Aug. 1998). US Senator 1953–65, 1969–87 Born at Phoenix, Arizona, he became a Senator 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 the ... Read more

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Barry Goldwater Barry Goldwater (born 1909) was elected as...governor of California in 1966. Barry Morris Goldwater was born in Phoenix, Arizona...operation. This store was headed by Barry Goldwater's father, Baron. Barry was... Read more

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	BARRY MORRIS GOLDWATER: A STEADFAST CONSERVATIVE.(EDITORIAL) ; ...politics. ------------------------ Barry Goldwater may go down as the 20th century...the Republican Party standard. Goldwater's success as a politician owed...all or even half of the answers, Goldwater wrote in 1962. You people out... Read more
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	DOMENICI STATEMENT ON PASSING OF BARRY GOLDWATER, FORMER SENATOR FROM ARIZONA ; ...and presidential candidate Barry Goldwater. Barry Goldwater was an unflinching patriot whose...Washington as a freshman Senator, Barry offered encouragement when I became...fine support and wise council. Barry Goldwater cared deeply about America. He...prayers to his family. ... Read more
	Mr. Conservative's Gift; Barry Goldwater knew he couldn't beat Lyndon Johnson in 1964, but he thought he just might be able to change the future of the Republican Party ; ...pokes around a corner, smiling. Barry Morris Goldwater is 79 years old now, a widower...bulldog's face carved into its handle. Goldwater extends his arm across the panoramic...s been almost two years since Goldwater left "those people back there...downright libelously unfair. Some not. ... Read more
	Goldwater, a shaper of conservatism, dies ; ...post-New Deal perspective, Mr. Goldwater's opinions seem almost commonplace...father of today's GOP, then Mr. Goldwater is its grandfather: The future...broadcast he delivered on Mr. Goldwater's behalf on Oct. 27, 1964. Others saw Mr. Goldwater as, as he once put it, "the Neanderthal...Hubert H. ... Read more
	Conservatives and 1964; Goldwater campaign set the stage.(OPED)(POLITICAL BOOKS) ; ...hero to many conservatives, Barry Goldwater is likely to be relegated to a...Middendorf II, a senior official in the Goldwater campaign, does a yeoman's job...readers. A Glorious Disaster: Barry Goldwater's Presidential Campaign and the...well written insider's account of Goldwater's ... Read more
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	To defeat a maverick: the Goldwater candidacy revisited, 1963-1964.(Rules of the Game: How to Play the Presidency) ; ...domestic policy. Enthusiasm for Goldwater's presidential candidacy survived...qualities that had contributed to Goldwater's early accomplishment were not...voters had grown accustomed to Goldwater's impetuousness, and, more impressed...forgiving. Many factors account for Goldwater's landslide ... Read more
	Obituary: Willie Morris ; ...of view than that of Barry Goldwater, who called it such an...autobiographer Willie Morris was one of those immigrants...Delta, in Yazoo City, Morris was suffused with the...literate counter-culture. Morris had little funds at his... Read more

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