Goldwater, Barry

1. A political leader of the twentieth century. Goldwater represented Arizona for over thirty years in the Senate and was a leading spokesman for American conservatism . As the Republican nominee, he lost the presidential election of 1964 to President Lyndon Johnson .

Example Sentences

Sousa likened their effort to that of the one to draft Barry Goldwater, in 1964.

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Not surprisingly, some around Barry Goldwater thought it was a lousy idea.

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Fifty years ago this week, a divided and feverish Republican Party nominated Barry Goldwater to lead them to victory.

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Barry Goldwater is not the sort of man you might expect Stephen F. Cohen to paraphrase.

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But if conservative hero Barry Goldwater had had his way, government would have stayed out of it.

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We had looked to Barry Goldwater as personifying Mr. Conservative.

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