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acceptance speech, 203, 203–6
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and Alfred E. Smith dinner, 295–96
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background, 52–55
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and ballot-counting ceremony, 379
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and battle for Republican nomination, 7–15, 49–59, 75, 100, 101, 105–8, 133–36
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on campaign trail, 10, 232, 232–33, 243–45, 303
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“Checkers speech,” 56–58, 57, 251, 344
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and civil rights issues, 24, 97–98, 281, 283–87
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and Cuba as campaign issue, 249, 273–74, 276–79, 289–92, 294, 307, 320
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and efforts to contest election, 353–55
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Eisenhower campaigning with, 301–4
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and Eisenhower’s campaign gaffe, 217–20, 221, 232–33, 261
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on election day, 325–27, 332–34, 335
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and election results, 336–52, 345
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final day of campaign, 319–22
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and health records controversy, 313–18
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and JFK’s acceptance speech, 189
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and JFK’s campaign strategy, 46, 129
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and JFK’s inauguration, 381–82, 383
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and JFK’s running mate selection, 179–80, 181, 185, 189–90
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Key Biscayne Hotel meeting, 355–58, 357
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and “kitchen debate,” 120–22, 122, 251
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knee injury during campaign, 217, 221–22, 222, 225, 251–52, 257, 265, 294, 315, 322
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and legacy of 1960 election, 395
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marriage, 54
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and Mazo, 358–59
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and negative campaign tactics, 9–11, 69–70, 275
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political background, 7–15, 55–58
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potential for “draft Rockefeller” movement, 147–51, 199
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as presumptive Republican nominee, 3
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psychiatric treatment, 13, 252, 269, 314–18
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rivalry with Rockefeller, 191–94
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“study papers,” 217
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and televised debates, 251–63, 258, 261, 265–69, 275–80, 294
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“Tricky Dick” nickname, 52, 144, 203, 257, 266, 295
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and U-2 spy plane incident, 117–20, 119
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Victory Train tour, 293–99