Word: groups
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...applies too rigorously to the South. Yet the Southern electorate, such as it is, in every state but two chose electors pledged to one or the other of the major Presidential candidates. In Mississippi, a Barnett slate of unpledged electors defeated both Kennedy and Nixon; in Alabama, a hybrid group composed of both unpledged and Kennedy electors won easily in the absence of a "pure" slate of either kind. In Louisiana, the unpledged electors were defeated by Kennedy...
Thousands of pieces of literature were distributed during the day, and as the walk ended the group found almost none lying on the ground...
...start of the Tocsin meeting last night, much of the audience shared a confusion between "unilateral initiatives," an ambiguous Tocsin slogan, and unilateral disarmament, a proposal which the group opposes. In his brief speech, Samuel H. Beer, professor of Government, drew the distinction sharply, and Tocsin leaders defined clearly their approach and listed specific proposals towards a nuclear test...
Only the Eisenhower Administration, it seems not too frivolous to assert, could ever have gathered together a group of extremely distinguished men and given them the name "The President's Committee on National Goals." And, perhaps, only this administration could have conceived and executed the entire project with an air of such solemn and measured gravity...
There was widespread opposition to the march, although the opposition seemed to decrease as the day went on. Different groups exhibited their objections in different ways--some were content to stand and talk, some pinned on red arm hands or miniature American flags. One large group in Quincy House tacked signs to its windows, gathered on a balcony yelling slogans like "Peace in our time--appeasement in our time," and walked around the House displaying American flags...