Word: assertiveness
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...they began to assert themselves. They were "discovered" first by politicians and the press, and then they started to discover themselves. In the Administration's voices?especially in the Vice President's and the Attorney General's?in the achievements and the character of the astronauts, in a murmurous and pervasive discontent, they sought to reclaim their culture. It was their interpretation of patriotism that bought Richard Nixon the time to pursue a gradual withdrawal from the war. By their silent but newly felt presence, they influenced the mood of government and the course of legislation, and thus began...