Months later, in the midterm elections, Democrats swept into control of the House and Senate. McCarthy had become a liability to his party. In less than a year, McCarthy was censured (reprimanded) by the Senate and his position as a prominent force of anti-communism ended.
Maynard the younger wished to market his candies as being so good that they should be appreciated like a fine wine. Therefore he called them wine gums and labeled them with wine names. Source(s): http://www.hungrybrowser.com/phaedrus/m0...aynard the younger wished to market his candies as being so good that they should be appreciated like a fine wine. Therefore he called them wine gums and labeled them with wine names. Source(s): http://www.hungrybrowser.com/phaedrus/m0...
Because it is made of rubber. Natural rubber is made from the sap of the rubber tree. It is called latex, and it is a white sap similar to that of milkweed plants and dandelions. The word gum refers to the sap of plants, and gums are used for sealing envelopes and gluing things together. Bubble gum and chewing gums these days are made from the sap of the manilkara chicle tree. The sap itself is just called chicle. It was once used as a substitute for natural rubber, but is now mainly used for chewing gums. The name for one brand of chewing gum, Chiclets, comes from the word for the raw sap.