Word: supportable
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Newark's now diminishing Italian voting bloc-Gibson took a surprising 56% of the vote in what had been considered a close race. He won by 55,097 to 43,086, getting 95% of the black vote and almost 20% of the white vote. Among the whites who supported him were hundreds in Italian residential districts and thousands in areas where voters had supported a white candidate, John Caufield, in the first round of voting last month. Former City Fire Director Caufield had thrown his support to Gibson, and despite harassment to himself and his family, had campaigned...
Just Frightened. Addonizio headquarters were understandably dispirited, but the defeated incumbent issued a calm and constructive concession statement. He congratulated Gibson on his "splendid victory," called on the city to support him, and offered his own help in the transfer of power. Two days after the election, the two men had a cordial meeting...
...realized in a half-jocular summary of the meaning of Gibson's election. "Gibson is like the Mona Lisa," he said. "You don't really know what he can do or what he will do. Probably after the first week, LeRoi Jones [the militant black writer who supported Gibson] will want to assassinate him. After the second week, Gibson will lose his moderate support. Eventually, he will just be another mayor in trouble." And, he might have added, black officeholders will some day provide the final evidence of the system at work: they will make mistakes and black...
...values-the myths and institutions with which civilization consoles itself and explains the unexplain-able-are everywhere under attack and crumbling. Bereft of their support, says May, contemporary man faces a deeply disturbing alternative. He must either look to himself for the meaning of life, or he must decide that he and life have no meaning. All too readily, man takes the latter course...
...provisional government. When General Lavr Kornilov-whom Kerensky had appointed commander of the army-attempted an unsuccessful coup d'etat, Kerensky lost face by turning to the Bolsheviks for help. Deriding Kerensky's weakness and taking full credit for crushing the coup, the Bolsheviks gained the support of enough revolutionary elements to climb to power on Nov. 7, 1917. After vainly trying to rally support, Kerensky went into hiding and escaped from Russia in 1918. He lived in England, and then France until 1940, when he moved to the U.S. to spend his remaining years teaching and defending...