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А

А, В, С, D, Е, 169

Abscam, 8

ACTION, 145

(ad)interim, 123

adjutant general, 152

administration, 130

administrative lie, 130

Admission Day, 152

adversary, 123

"advice and consent", 120

air shuttle, 53

airwayte, 51

Alcatraz, 7

alphabet agencies, 145

alphabet soup, 145

American Broadcasting Corporation

(ABC), 192

American plan hotel, 51
American Revolution, 40
"American Scott", 214
"America's Sweetheart", 215
Ananias, 205
Anti-Trust Laws, 28
apple, 105
apple-pie, 105
Appomattox, 200
aquavit, 50
Argonaut, 109
Arnold, Benedict, 209
Ash-Can School, 193
assembled examination, 147
Assistant Secretary, 132
associate, 173
Associated Press, 190
associate professor, 144, 174
Atomic Energy Commission, 145
attorney, 136
Attorney General, 136
"Auld Lang Syne", 56
avant-garde, 183
avocado, 105

В

Babbit, 208

baby-kisser, 161

baby shoes, 66

bachelor, 173

backbencher, 122

backdoor spending, 124

Baedeker, 210

bagel, 50

bagman, 129

bald, 87

bald eagle, 99

ballot, 163

В and B, 51

bandwagon, 164

banjo, 194

banner state, 164

Baptism, 177

barbecue, 55

barber, 89

bargain basement, 51

barnstorm, 161

Barnum, 210

Bar of the House (or Senate), 122

barrel, 60

Barrymore, 209

baseball, 56

bay lynx, 98

bayou, 87

beans, 104

bear, 17, 97

beat generation, 7

beatnik, 7

Beau Brummel, 209

beaver, 98

bed-rock, 109

Beggar's Night, 56

bellboy, 51

belt, 88

bench, 149

berry, 106

bestseller, 36

226

Bible Belt, the, 9, 68
big bend, 88
Big Five, the,188
big government, 145
bighorn (sheep), 115
big stick, the, 133
big wig, 166
Bill of Rights, 118
birch, 92
birthstone, 68
black caucus, 158
Blackstone, 210
black widow, 103
blazer, 36
blizzard, 89
blue, 44

bluegrass, music, 95
blue jeans, 36, 49
blue law, 116
"blue nose", 20
Blue Ox, 24
blue-ribbon jury, 149
Blue Room, the, 19
blues, 194
bluff, 88

board of education, 144, 168
board of trustees, 172
boatel, 51
bobolink, 101
boil, 87

boll weevil, 103
bonanza, 68, 109
boodle, 129
bookmaker, 5
boondoggle, 141
Boone, Daniel, 24
borough, 90
boss, 165

Boston massacre, 39
bourbon, 50
boy scout, 166

Boy Scouts (of America), 170
brag horse, 157
brain trust, 131
bread-and-butter letter, 55
bread line, 18
Br'er Rabbit, 216
bristlecone pine, 93
broad construction, 118
Broadway, 181
brownie, 66
brush, 92
buck, 96

buckeye, 66, 94, 115
buckwheat, 104
buffalo, 96

Bugs Bunny, 188
bull, 17

bullet catcher, 138
Bull Moose, 214
Bunyan, Paul, 24
bureau, 132
busboy, 53
bush, 90
butte, 87
butternut, 94
buttonhole, 128
BYOB, 56

С

Cabildo, 7

Cable TV, 192

caddy, 56

"Calamity" Jane, 181

Caldweel Case, 190

calendar, 126

call of the tales, 158

campaign, 160

campaign manager, 160

campaign textbook, 165

Camp Fire Girls, 170

camporee, 170

campus, 172

Canada dry, 50

Candlemas Day, 71

canyon, 86

captive candidate, 156

carhop, 52

caribou, 97

carpetbagger, 38

categorical assistance program, 143

caucus, 120

celery tonic, 50

cent store, 24, 52

chalet, 47

Chantecler the Rooster, 21

Chappaquiddick, 7

chapter, 176

character assasin, 162

charisma candidate, 17, 156

checks and balances, 118

cheerleader, 56

cherry pop, 50

cherry topper, 138

"Chicago Tribune", 190

Chief Justice, 148

chinook, 89

chintzy gossip, 189

Christian Science, 178

"Christian Science Monitor", 191

227

Christmas, 57

Christmas Tree Bill, 127

Chrysler, 55

circuit court of appeal, 149

city, 90, 154

civic center, 154

civics, 169

civilian review boards, 152

Civil Service, 146

claim, 108

clam bake, 56

classified service, 147

clean bill, 126

clearance checks, 148

Clerk of Bills, 121

Clerk of the House, the, 121

cliff-hanger, 179

cloakroom, 123

closed primary, 157

closed rule, 127

closed services, 147

closed shop, 140

close election, 155

closet, 48

close vote, 128

clôture, 128

clove, 86

clover leaf, 6

Coast Guard, 145

coattails, 157

co-ed, 169

cold dry cereal, 49

collect call, 55

collective bargaining, 140

college, 172

Colorado potato beetle, 103

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS),

192

Columbia Pictures, 187
comics, 188
commercial, 191
commission plan, 154
committee of the whole, 123
Committee on Rules, 123
Commonwealth, the, 25
companion bill, 126
company union, 140
comprehensive insurance, 54
COMSAT, 145
concurrent resolution, 127
condo (condominium), 48
conference call, 55
conflict of interest, 125
Congress, 119
congressman-at-large, 119
congressman-elect, 119

Connecticut Yankee, 31

constitutional crisis, 116

constructivism, 193

containment, 134

contempt of Congress, 125

contested election, 155

convention, 157

cooling-off period, 140

cordillère, 86

corn, 104

coroner, 150

cottage, 47

coulle, 86

council-manager plan, 154

country-and-western, 196

country club, 56

country director, 132

country music, 196

county, 90, 152, 153

county court, 149

court of original jurisdiction, 148

"court packing", 148

cowbird, 100

cowboy, 54, 108

coyote, 97

crèche, 168

credibility gap, 189

creek, 87

"creeping socialism", 146

"crime in streets", 137

Crockett, David, 24

CSC, 146

C-span, 192

cuckoo's call, 6, 70

cut-off, 87

cyclone, 89

D

D.A., 137

dalle, 87

decapitate, 148

Decoration Day, 5s

delicatessen, 36, 52

Delilah, 207

dells, 88

Democratic Party, 164

Democratic Study Group, 121

demolition derby, 56

Department, 132

Department of Agriculture, 139

Department of Commerce, 139

Department of Defence (Defence

Department), 136
Department of Education, 143

228

Department of Energy (DOE), 145
Department of Health of Human

Services, 141
Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 144
Department of Justice, 136
Department of Labor, 140
Department of the Interior, 139
Department of the Treasury, 135
Department of Transportation, 144
desk, 132
deterrent, 135
Dewey, John, 169
digest, 36, 189
dime, 61
dime novel, 179
Dimple Haig, 46
"Dirigo", 115
dirt farm, 108
disaster line, 89
disc jockey, 192
discount outlet, 51
"disguised as Indians", 39
district, 152
district attorney, 137
district clerk, 149
district court, 148
Dixiecrat, 26
dixieland, 195
doctor's degree, 175
DOE, 145
do4t-yourself, 55
dollar-a-year-man, 147
dollar diplomacy, 134
domino theory, 135
Donald Duck, 188
donkey, 165
doodlebug, 109
doorkeeper, 122
doping, 189
Dorcas, 206
DOT, 54
Douglas fir, 93
downstate, 90
drain, 87
"dream hope", 47
drive-in restaurant, 52
drive-in theater, 186
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 207
dropout, 144
drug store, 24, 52
Du Bois, 25
dude ranch, 25, 56

due process (amendment), 119, 149
dust bowl, 88

E

Earth Day, 58

earth-moving industry, 54

Easter parade, 57

Easter rabbit, 57

eat-in kitchen, 48

efficiency, 47

eggnog, 50

Eight, the, 193

elastic clause, 117

electoral college, 159

electoral vote, 159

electorate, 158

electric voting, 151

electronic ball and chain, 137

elementary school, 169

elephant, 165

elevated railroad, 5, 53

elf, 66

elm, 115

Emily Post, 208

English sparrow, 100

engrossed bill, 127

enrolled bill, 127

enumerated powers, 117

"E Pluribus Unum", 114

ERA, 13

establishment, 36

European plan hotel, 52

exams, 175

excepted positions, 147

exclusive committee, 123

Executive Office of the President,

131

executive resolution, 127
executive session, 126
"Exelsior", 115
expense accounts, 136
express train, 53
extension of remarks, 125
eyeball to eyeball, 135

F

faculty adviser, 174
fall line, 87
family farm, 108
“Father of...", 213-214
Father of the House, 121
Father's Day, 58
fat-raising dinner, 161
favorite son, 156
feather bedding, 141 .
Fed, 138

229

Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI), 138

Federal National Mortgage Associa-
tion (FNMA), 144

fee, 175

fellow traveller, 139

Fifth Amendment, the, 119

filibuster, 128

"Film Queen, the", 214

films, 186

first-class clerk, 147

fishing expedition, 124

five-to-four decision, 148

"Flag Salute", Cases, 169

nicker, 101

Пор, 183

floor, 121

fluid ounce, 60

flurry, 89

FNMA, 144

Foggy Bottom, 132

Food and Drug Administration, 60,
142

Forefather's Day, 58

fork, 88

forty-niner, 109

frank, 125

frank and roll, 49

Franklin gull, 100

fraternity. 176

Freedom Trail, 7

free ride, 159

French toast, 49

freshman, 173

Fudge Factory, 132

Full Faith Clause, 151

G

gag rule, 127

galleries, 123

gallon, 60

gavel rule, 127

general welfare clause, 116

gerrymander, 159

"Gettysburg Address", 24, 27

ghoul, 66

Gideon('s) bible, 51

G.I., 36

"Give me liberty or give me death",

10

GM (General Motors), 55
G-man, 138
gnome, 66
goblin, 66

gold digger, 109

gold dust, 109

gold rush (fever), 109

good neighbor policy, 134

Goody Hallet, 181

GOP, 13, 165

gopher, 99, 167

GOPster, 13

gorge, 86

government by crony, 131

Government National Mortgage

Association, 144
governor, 152
grandfather's clock, 46
grand jury, 149

Grand Old Party (G.O.P.), 165
Grand Prairie, 85
grants-in-aid, 117
grassroots, 108, 159
grave chill, 70

Great Continental Divide, the, 86
Great Seal of the United States, the,

114

Greeks, the, 177

green vegetables, 49
gremlin, 66
gridiron, 114
grill, 53

grizzly bear, 97, 115
ground hog, 99
Ground-hog Day, 71
gulch, 86

Gulf Coast, the, 84
gullywasher, 89
Gulf Coast, the, 84
gullywasher, 89
gunboat diplomacy, 133
gutfighter, 166
gutter flyer, 162

H

hag, 66

Hale, Nathaniel, 208
half, 61
half-bath, 48
hamburger, 49
"Handcuff King, The", 215
handout, 143
happening, 183, 194
"happy hour", 55
happy hunting ground, 179
hash house, 53
Hatch Act, 147
hatchetman, 167

230

haunted house, 66

hazing, 176

Head Start, 169

henchman, 167

Hershey bars, 50

Hessian fly, 103

hickory, 94

hi-fi, 36

highball, 36

high-occupancy vehicle, 54

high school, 144

Hill, the, 24

hippie, 7

hit, 183, 195

hitchhike, 54

Hobomok skipper, 102

hognosed snake, 102

hold over (senator), 120

hold-up bill, 126

Hollywood, 186

"Home on the Range", 115

home town, 171

Homestead Act, 106

"Honest Abe", 24

honey-dew, 105

honeymoon, 130, 164

honker, 101

hoop snake, 102

hopper, 122

horn snake, 102

horse opera, 187

horse shoe, 67

hospital, 141,

hot dog, 36

hot-dogging, 56

House of Representatives, 121

housewarming, 72

H.O.V.-lane, 54

Howard Johnson, 50

Hoyle, 209

H.U., 13

Hudson Institute, 146

Hudson River School, the, 193

hummingbird, 100

hurricane, 89

hustings, 160

hyperrealism, 194

I

"If this be treason, make the most

of it", 10
image, 160, 188
impeachment, 126
implied powers, 117

inaugurate, 164

Inauguration Day, 58

inch, 60

"In God We Trust", 114

incumbent, 156

Independence Day, 57

independent agencies, 145

Indian summer, 90

indictment, 150

"indispensable man", 130

influence peddler, 129

inherent powers, 117

inner club, 122

interests, 129

Internal Revenue Service, 135

"International Herald Tribune", 190

interstate commerce laws, 140

lo moth, 103

Irish stew, 49

item veto, 152

Ivy League, 144, 172

J

jack-o-lantern, 56

jackpot, 124

jamboree, 170

jazz, 194

Jesus Freaks, 178

Jews, 178

Job, 205

John Birch Society, 167

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, the,

136

Jonah, 66, 206
Judas, 206

junior high school, 144
junket, 125
justice of the peace, 149

К

kangaroo court, 149
katydid, 71, 102
keynote speech, 158
kindergarten, 168
kingmaker, 155
King Phillip's War, 9
kitchen cabinet, 131
Knights of Columbus, 178
knish, 50
Kraft, 46
Ku-Klux-Klan, 167

231

L

"L", 13

ladybug, 69

lame-duck amendment, 119

lame duck session, 126

land art, 193

land booster, f07

land claim, 107

land grabber, 107

land hog, 108

land king, 107

land rush, 107

land shark, 107

landslide, 164

lanterns in North Church, 39

laundromat, 51

laurel, 93

Lazarus, 206

leave to print, 125

Lee, 36

legislative blackmail, 120

legislature, 120

Letter, the, 170

levee, 88

Levis, 36, 49

liability insurance, 54

liberal construction, 118

lieutenant governor, 152

Lincoln, 208

Lincoln Center (of Performing

Arts), 184

live constitution, 116
"Live free or die", 115
lobby, 128
local train, 53
lode, 109
log cabin, 46
log rolling, 124
"Lone Eagle, The", 214
Long Betsy, 24
Longfellow, 208
loose construction, 118
lox, 50

loyalty oath, 148
loyalty review board, 148
Lucky Strike, 25
lulu, 152

lump-sum appropriation, 124
lunch, 36

M

mace, 122, 138
machine, 165

Macy's, 24

magistrate, 149

magnolia, 115

maiden speech, 122

major, П4

majority leader, 121

malpractice suits, 171

maple, 93

maple sirup, 49, 94

Mardi Gras, 59

Marlboro, 36

marquee, 183

marshal, 137

Martini, 36, 50

massive retaliation, 134

master's degree, 175

Mayflower, 21

Mayor-Council type, 154

McDonald hamburger, 49

Medicaid, 142

Medicare, 142

megalopolis, 90

megastate, 150

Memorial Day, 58

merit system, 147

"A Merry Christmas and a Happy

New Year", 57
mesa, 87
Methodist, 177
Methuselah, 205
metropolis Boswash, 90
Metropolitan Opera, 182
metroport, 54
Mickey Mouse, 188
midnight appointments, 130
midterm elections, 155
mileage, 125

military-industrial complex, 136
minimal art, 194
minstrel show, 184, 196
Minute Men, 40
M.I. T., 13
mixed caucus, 158
mobile call, 55
moccasins, 48
mockingbird, 71, 100, 115
Modified American plan hotel, 51
Monroe doctrine, 132
moose, 97

Mormon cricket, 103
Mormons, 178
Morning Hour, 126
Moses,- 205
motel, 51
"Mother of the Red Cross, The",

213

232

Mother's Day, 58

mounti e, 27

mourning dove, 100

movie, 185

movie, theater, 186

muckey-mucks, 166

mudslinging, 161

musical, 184

"My Fair Lady", 184

"My Old Kentucky Home", 115

N

N.A.M., 13

NAM suit, 13

National Aerojiautics and Space

, Administration (NASA), 145
National Broadcasting Company

(NBC), 192
National Defense Education Act

(NDEA) loans, 176
National Panhellenic Conference,

177
National Security Counsel, the

(NSC), 131
National Student Association, the,

177

national supremacy, 117
networking, 57
Newsweek, 191
"New York Times", 190
nickel, 61

"nine old men", 148
north-easter, 89
"North to the Future", 115
"No taxation without representation",

10

notch, 86
N.S.C., 131
nursery school, 168
Nutmegger, 31

О

O.A.P., 13
oath of office, 147
off-Broadway, 182
offensbc partisan, 147
official family, 131
off year elections, 155
Oj, 50

"Oklahoma", 184

Old Age and Survivois Insurance
(OASI), 143

"Old Blue Light", 18

Old Glory, 114

"Old Hickory", 214

Old Honest Abe, 214

omens, 69

omnibus bill, 126

one minute speeches, 127

"On the banks of the Wabash, Far

Away", 115

open door policy, 133 "
open rule, 127
open shop, 140
Oscar, 186
ounce, 60
Oval Office, the, 24

P

package deal, 127

packed caucus, 158

packing the galleries, 158

page, 122

palace guard, 131

panel discussion, 192

paper waps, 104

Parent-Teacher Association (РТА),

13, 168
paring, 128
parity price, 139
parka, 48
park and ride, 54
parking ticket, 54
Passion Plays, 184
patent-medicine, 53
patent-medicine show, 184
"Pathfinder, The", 214
patronage, 147
patronage committee, 124
"pauper's oath", 143
pay dirt, 1-9
peabody bird, 101
Peace Corps, 146
Peaehtree center, 21
Pecos, Bill, 181
peerless leader, 165
pelican, 115 _
penitentiary, 137
penny, 61, 66

"People's Daily World", 191
per diem, 125
person-to-person, 55
petit jury, 149
Phi Beta Kappa, 176
pie à la mode, 49
f inkerton, 138

233

pink slip, 43

pint, 60

Pioneer Day, 58

pipe laying, 159

pistol toter, 138

Plant Wizard, the, 215

playboy, 189

plum, 147

plurality, 164

Plymouth Rock, 199

poclcet veto, 130

pol, 166

policemen of the world, 135

Political Affairs, the, 191

political posts, 130

polling, 162

Polyphemus moth, 103

Pooh-Bah, 185

pop art, 36, 193

pop-music, 195

popular sovereignty, 116

"Porgy and Bess", 184

pork barrel, 124

porter, 54

position of strength policy, 134

pound, 60

power of judicial review, 118

prairie, 84

prairie schooner, 34

precinct, 159, 166

president, 129, 130

presidential timber, 156

president pro term, 121

pretzel, 50

primary (elections), 157

"prime time", 192

private bill, 127

privilege, 126

Protestantism, 177

public lands, 106

pullman car, 53

pulp magazine, 66

pumpkin, 105

Punch and Judy, 184

Pyrex, 46

Q

quart, 60
quarter, 61
quarter section, 108
quiz, 192

R

rabbit's foot, 67

racket, 150

racoon (coon), 98

ragtime, 195 /

raiding, 157

"Rail Splitter", 213

ramp, 36

ranch, 47, 108

RAND CORPORATION, 146

range, 85, 108

ranking member, 120

rattlesnake, 102

“apportionment, 119

recess appointments, 130

recess committee, 124

Reconstruction, 18

redcap, 54

redwood, 115

regionalism, 193

regular, 157

repeater, 164

repertory theater, 183

Republican Party, 165

re-run, 192

reserved power, 118

resident commissioner, 121

residual powers, 118

resulting powers, 117

"Reynard the Fox", 215

rider, 127

right-to-work laws, 140

Yiver and harbor bills, 124

riverside drive, 36

road company, 183

road-runner, 100

roadster, 5

roaring camp, 108

rock, 195

rock-and-roll, 195

Rockefeller, 208

rock-ribbed New England, 26

Roman Catholics, 178

Ronson, 35

roomette, 53

root beer, 50

Roosevelt's Corollary, 134

Rosh Hashana, 59

Rotarian, 167

rotation, 147

rotten borough, 159

R.S.V.P., 80

rubber chicken circuit, 161

rule of germaneness, 128

Rules Committee, 123

running mate, 157

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