Word: banners
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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WORLD reaction to the U.S. presidential election ranged from the Saigon Post's jubilant banner, "HELLO, NIXON!" to an "Oh no, not Nixon!" from liberals who have mistrusted him for nearly two decades. Even so, the very closeness of the presidential vote exerted a curiously quieting effect on most nations. Americans after all, had been sober and responsible in casting the majority of their votes for two moderates and rejecting the Wallace extreme...
...solo cello, rivalled each other for tonal monotony and absolute abandonment of nuance. Miss Janet Packer, the second solo violin apparently sensed this lackluster playing and performed with considerable artistic concern. The second concerto, distinguished by a beautiful first movement, fared much better with Tison Street and Daniel Banner as solo violins, and Philip Moss as solo cello. Mr. Street, the concert-master, articulated several of his solo passages indistinctly and failed to impose stylistic unity on the often disorganized violin section. Mr. Moss and the entire violincello section distinguished themselves as the Orchestra's finest performers...
...praying for good weather and 50,000 college kids on election day." For Gilligan and many others, new politics-or massive student and suburbanite participation--was no mere idealistic indulgence. Ohio's unions, which lavishly sponsored his successful primary run against Sen. Frank Lausche this spring, have ignored his banner since Chicago. Gilligan likes black people and dislikes Dean Rusk, a bit much for the blue-collar barons just...
Effective but Petty. As a way of calling attention to racial strife in the U.S., the demonstration was undeniably effective. But it was also painfully petty. East Germans, Russians, even Cubans, all stand at attention when The Star-Spangled Banner or any other national anthem is played. Other equally militant U.S. black athletes were aghast at Smith and Carlos' actions. "I came here to win a gold medal-not to talk about black power," said Ohio's Willie Davenport next day after winning the 110-meter high hurdles. He stood straight and tall and proud on the Olympic...
...saddest thing about the ruckus raised by Tommie Smith and John Carlos was that it dulled the lustre of a superlative track and field meet in which the U.S. once again demonstrated that it is the world's best. The Star-Spangled Banner was played so often that it began to sound like The Stars and Stripes Forever...