Word: shape
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...called "Silent Majority" as a powerfully assertive force in U.S. society. Mr. and Mrs. Middle America are the ones who sent President Nixon to the White House and the astronauts to the moon, who feel most threatened by the attacks on traditional values, who, as TIME says, "shaped the course of legislation, and thus began to shape the course of the nation and the nation's course in the world...
...discontent, they sought to reclaim their culture. It was their interpretation of patriotism that bought Richard Nixon the time to pursue a gradual withdrawal from the war. By their silent but newly felt presence, they influenced the mood of government and the course of legislation, and thus began to shape the course of the nation and the nation's course in the world. The Men and Women of the Year were the Middle Americans...