Word: code
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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White liberals appeared to be more put off by Carter's remarks than the blacks. Says one Midwestern liberal leader: "The question is whether or not 'ethnic purity' is a code word, and if so, is it calculated to lose 5% of the black vote and pick up 12% of Wallace's support? Or was it just a blunder...
Meanwhile, Hollywood will also take a closer look at the departed billionaire. Last week Warner Bros, announced that it would make a movie about Hughes, starring Warren Beatty. The project has been secretly under development for about a year under-what could be a better epitaph?-the code name "Operation Phantom...
...immigration approaching flood levels, the normal disputes over the nature of public order and the sources of criminality were intensified by ethnic cleavages and the distaste for "foreigners." Though evangelical revivals took place from time to time, the police no longer played a large role in enforcing a religious code: in 1884 the Boston police made only 53 arrests for fornication but 16,780 for drunkenness...
...starkest example of Carter's use of code-word racism in his search for votes came two weeks ago in South Bend, Indiana. Carter said the federal government should not attempt to break down the "ethnic purity" of white neighborhoods by assisting blacks or other minorities to move to such neighborhoods. He spoke of "alien groups," meaning blacks, and with less subtlety, in a newspaper interview a few days before the South Bend speech, referred directly to "black intrusion...
...over 500 pieces are prohibited. Common Cause has said it is pleased with this change, but has called for further efforts to curb the advantages of incumbency. In recent years, Senate rules have limited the size and number of photographs per newsletter. Rules also comply with the U.S. Code, dictating that "self-advertisement for political purposes" is prohibited, and that newsletters deal only with the "impact of laws, reports of official action and legislation." Prohibited also are any photo credits and personal attacks on other senators...