Word: reforms
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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These qualms would not have embarrassed the Founding Fathers, who had a healthy 18th century distrust of democracy, and they should not bother Kennedy's supporters. Those liberals who advocate reform of the college in the name of democracy are preaching an unreal politics, for liberal reform has an investment in the present electoral apparatus. Under the system as it stands, counting each state's vote as a bloc favors the states with large urban populations and gives decisive influence to minority groups within these states. Anyone who doubts this can look at the enormous (and correct) importance attached...
...where he played on the basketball team, graduated from law school. During World War II he served as a 6-24 gunner in Italy. Elected to the House of Representatives in 1954. Udall won Jack Kennedy's special regard last year by fighting hard and effectively for labor-reform legislation along Kennedy lines. An early Kennedy-for-President man, Udall helped Kennedy win Arizona's 17 Democratic Convention votes, which Texas Lyndon Johnson counted safely for his own. In a bitter fight for re-election this year, Udall survived a Republican whispering campaign to the effect that...
...wrote a moderately successful book titled Why I Quit Syndicated Crime. His new vocation took him to East Harlem, where he became convinced that he could turn his talents to more practical purpose than pulpitry. Moving his family from the West Coast to Tarrytown, Vaus rounded up some 400 reform-minded financial supporters, set up Y.D.I. for boys in a Harlem front-store room. Around the corner he set up a girls' branch, fitted it out with hair dryers and other beauty parlor equipment, hired a woman to supervise activities there...
...directors for them from a list of acceptable directors--prepared, of course, by the Committee. This was done to avoid the inefficiency and wasted effort which have, since the construction of the Loeb Drama Center, hampered the selection of plays. The unfortunate effect of this new change--designed to reform genuine abuses--is to give the Committee total control of organized undergraduate drama...
...Torre, who still remains as its leader. In the erratic early days, Haya borrowed as easily from right as from left, denounced "Yankee imperialism" while adopting a fascist-style, raised-arm salute. As both Haya and APRA matured, the party turned moderate, has since plugged for land reform and economic growth...