Word: addresses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...claim, today's "shadows are deep," it is time not to "address the heavens," but to address mere men possessed by "philosophical" visions and patriotic slogans, to demand that men analyze what they are arguing about and perhaps dying for. Those bits of language that pit man against man may cover broad areas of agreement. We don't need more answers. We need better questions...
Having assumed jurisdiction, the Court must then address itself to the merits of the case. Bond alleges he has been deprived of his right of free speech assured by the 1st Amendment. The suit argues: "Had a member of the Ku Klux Klan or the John Birch Society or the White Citizens Council spoken against Federal policy he would have been cheered." Punishing Bond for exercising his right to speak out on U.S. foreign policy or to admire the courage of anyone for any reason does indeed violate the letter and spirit of the Constitution...
...first task is to regain full mastery of the levers of power and the instruments of opinion making that lie at his disposal as President. His long absence from the White House has removed him from the mainstream, and this week's State of the Union address-usually a President's most important in any given year-will indicate how ready he is to plunge back in. When he is fully ready, his first and most important order of business will be to decide just where the U.S. is headed in the Viet...
...decided to make a change. The father of four young children (aged 5 to 15), he ordered the ceremony for 6 p.m. on New Year's Eve so that the kids could see it without missing their bedtimes. Next day he repeated the oath and delivered his inaugural address on the steps of city hall only hours after the city had been paralyzed by the strike. "New Yorkers have always sought out the newest and best in their own lives," he said. "As citizens, however, they collectively tolerated a government possessing neither attribute. Until...
Lindsay's address made it very clear that he was well aware of the new atmosphere that he was bringing to New York. He spoke of creating "The Proud City," and told the crowd of 2,500: "Let those who compile riches from the misery of slums hear this message as their eviction notice: there will be no compromise with the profiteers of poverty. Let those who exploit human [narcotics] addiction hear me clearly: New York will no longer be your marketplace. We will combat terror in the streets. And we will do so with full respect...