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While whistle-stopping through California, Kennedy hit the issue head on.

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While the old-fashioned whistle stop did not seem the right way to campaign in streamlined 1952, there was far more whistle-stopping and more public response to it than ever before.

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There will be far less whistle-stopping and fewer talks with local bosses, now that TV is out of the bush league of politicking.

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"What's the word for this trip?" asked newsmen of Harry Truman as he for three days of whistle-stopping in New England and New York.

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Nixon has zigzagged 18,000 miles across the state, most recently whistle-stopping from Santa Cruz to San Diego in a "Victory Special" train.

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