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Willkie
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Will·kie  (wlk), Wendell Lewis 1892-1944.
American politician who was the Republican nominee for President in 1940.
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private power, a controversy that catapulted Wendell Willkie, a utility lawyer who'd never held elective office, into the Republican nomination for president in 1940.
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But in the final three months of the campaign, an unknown candidate named Wendell Willkie emerged from literally nowhere--o percent in the polls on April 1--to command the media's attention and in effect control the story, as Hillary did for much of March.
Tilting at windmills by Peters, Charles / Washington Monthly
 
 
 
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