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Kefauver

American  
[kee-faw-ver] / ˈki fɔ vər /

noun

  1. Estes 1903–63, U.S. political leader: U.S. senator 1949–63.


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Truman announced on March 29, 1952, that he would not seek a second full term after losing in the New Hampshire primary to Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee.

From Washington Times May 2, 2023

Stevenson couldn't have known this for sure in 1956 — although Kefauver brought it up as an unsubstantiated rumor — but in essence the Eisenhower administration agreed with him.

From Salon Feb. 20, 2022

Authorities later identified the two men as homeowner Ralph Thomas Wallace, 77, and his friend, Moo Saw Kefauver, 42.

From Fox News Aug. 6, 2020

After managing Cuomo’s campaign in 1982, Mr. Haddad devoted much of the rest of his career to an interest inspired by Kefauver: reducing the prices of prescription drugs.

From Washington Post May 2, 2020

The interim report of the Kefauver Committee strongly indicts crime and horror comics and gives some revolting illustrations of their contents.

From Report of the Juvenile Delinquency Committee by Algie, R. M. (Ronald Macmillan)

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