Word: beaching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...blacks and other underrepresented groups was stepped up following the 1968 convention. Now it has begun to pay off, and the party seems to be settling into a sound working relationship with its factions. Four years ago, challenges hung over the heads of 40% of the delegates to Miami Beach. This year there will be no contests over seating...
There will be more than 50 guards inside the Garden, along with volunteer ushers who have been trained by the Miami Beach police chief, Rocky Pomerance. He was hired as a consultant because he showed he could keep the peace at the 1972 Miami conventions without cracking too many skulls. The ushers were selected for their "political sensitivity," such as being able to recognize Chicago Mayor Richard Daley when he comes...
...from the first economic summit last November, when the leaders spent a weekend at the Cháteau de Rambouillet near Paris as the guests of Giscard. Then the mood was anxious concern about the worldwide recession. This time, as the leaders talked for eight hours at the Dorado Beach Hotel, overlooking a palm-lined shore, the mood was optimistic. The only real worry was that the world recovery might be proceeding too quickly...
...This decision marks the end of our harassment, the end of our standing as second-class citizens." So said President John Ryor of the National Education Association before 9,000 NEA members in Miami Beach last week. The decision Ryor referred to: for the first time in its 119-year history, the NEA would endorse a presidential candidate. While the nod will not come until after the political conventions, it is virtually certain that it will go to Jimmy Carter...
...those in Miami Beach, many sporting UNITED MIND WORKERS or FORD IS A PAIN IN THE CLASS buttons, the decision came as little surprise. Since 1972, the 1,800,000-member NEA, the largest public employee union in the country, has become increasingly active in politics. As Ryor put it: "We're not considered nice, quiet Milquetoasts any more...