Word: support
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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SOMETIMES they got responsiveness beyond their wildest dreams, most notably last May. Students announced a strike against Yale in support of the Black Panthers who were on trial in New Haven. Brewster announced he supported the strike. Or did he? At any rate, he didn't mind in the least if students and faculty members skipped classes. And Yale would supply food and lodging to all those coming down to support the Panthers. He never said, of course, that he supported the Panthers. He never said he didn't, either. He did say he doubted the ability of black revolutionaries...
...thinking is geared to developing enterprises that can not only support themselves, but support the whole black movement when outside financial support is withdrawn," McKnight said. "If the people are together, they can take over the political controls in some of the Deep South states...
...misreading of public sentiment," warn the authors, "to say that America is in a mood of programmatic retrenchment." There is widespread support for such Federal programs as educational aid and Medicare, job training and social security. There is much liberal action behind all the conservative rhetoric. In short; "there is no inevitable emerging Republican majority...
...Adlai Stevenson III pinned an American flag to his lapel, reminded voters of his sponsorship of anti-crime bills, and lined up the chief prosecutor of the Chicago Seven as his co-chairman. By contrast, his opponent, Republican Senator Smith, ran a smear campaign and refused to reject the support of the John Birch Society. California dumped flamboyant ultra-conservative Max Rafferty and George Murphy in favor of Riles Wilson, a soft-spoken moderate, and John Tunney, who campaigned as a moderate liberal. In New York, Conservative James Buckley harped on social discontent, but in a bland, nonmalicious manner, while...
Scammon and Wattenberg, though, underrate the importance of Vietnam. The issue has cooled, but it remained prominent in many races this year. Senator Gore's opposition to the war along with his support of the Cooper-Church amendment was a major issue in the Tennessee race and lost him votes. Outside the South, primaries and elections particularly for the House affirmed the capacity of candidates running on an anti-war platform to draw major support. The authors' reticence on the war issue may stem from their ties to Johnson and Humphrey. The book itself, no doubt, began as a series...