Word: programing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...universal suffrage, an independent judiciary. In 1949, Detroit Banker Joseph Dodge, MacArthur's tough-minded economic adviser, forced upon the reluctant Japanese a stiff dose of deflation and decontrol-and thereby laid the foundations of Japan's present economic strength. No less vital was the land-reform program which, by redistributing 4,500,000 acres of land and cutting tenant farmers from 48% of the agricultural population to only 9%, gave Japan a contented rural population that has been the mainstay of its conservative-minded governments ever since...
...Administration request and the total in the House-passed bill. In its mood of cold war militancy, it approved (85-0) multimillion-dollar boosts for the Atlas, Minuteman and Polaris missiles, pushed the Samos, Midas and Discoverer satellites, pumped new life into the B70 bomber and Bomarc antiaircraft-missile program, bolstered the Army's airlift capability, and earmarked $293 million for a conventionally powered supercarrier. Added by floor amendment were $90 million (for a $422 million total) to modernize Army weapons and $40 million to keep the Marine Corps at 200,000 men. A conference committee would likely split...
...suspicion that he is too young to handle the man-sized diplomatic problems confronting the U.S. To erase that impression, he put on a statesmanlike dark suit, white shirt and sober, figured tie to deliver a major Senate speech on foreign policy. He laid down a twelve-point program that few could quarrel with (buildup of U.S. strength, closer relations with Latin America, new muscles for NATO, increased aid for underdeveloped nations, etc.). He pleased liberals with a proposal to "improve our communications with mainland China.'' And since foreign policy is Nixon's strength, Kennedy...
...This," said he, "is the toughest and biggest domestic problem confronting America today . . . Beating Secretary Benson around the head or damning the Democratic Congress will not help the farmer." In his specific proposals he then: ¶ Blamed the "majority" in Congress for blocking Administration efforts to modernize farm programs. ¶ Acknowledged that the Government helped get the farmer into trouble, should share the cost for getting him out.¶ Hinted that the parity price program is obsolete-"at its best it treats the symptoms and not the cause"-but postponed discussion of the problem of parity "since...
Despite democracy's built-in respect for political debate, the public actually gains little enlightenment from prolonged campaigning. Today's candidate carefully parcels out his program over the length of the campaign and understandably saves the best for last. He usually avoids debates like the plague for fear of making an embarrassing slip. Said Woodrow Wilson, from the rear platform of a 1912 campaign train: "I would a great deal rather make your acquaintance than leave a compound fracture of an idea behind me." Adds Vice President Richard Nixon: "The longer the candidate is in the field...