Word: arguments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...during the height of the cold war, since these critics tend to believe that Europe is a legitimate sphere of influence for America. Last week, as he signed a bill authorizing U.S. participation in the $1 billion Asian Development Bank, the President rebutted the Europe-first approach as an "argument of isolationism." Said Johnson: "Asia must no longer sit at the second table of the 20th century's concern...
Clearly referring to the Kennedy argument that the Viet Cong should be represented in South Viet Nam's government as the price of peace, Humphrey reminded his audience that infiltration and subversion of coalition regimes is one of the Communists' "publicly declared routes to victory." Added the Vice President: "We will remain in Viet Nam until genuinely free elections can be held. If the Viet Cong, in those elections, gain honestly a voice in government, so be it. But prior to elections, this Government will not be a party to any settlement which amounts to a pre-election...
Nonetheless, its basic strategy is suggested by a Lou Harris poll showing that only 49% of the voters currently approve Lyndon Johnson's handling of the war, v. 66% in December. This does not by any means suggest that the argument will resemble the familiar dove-hawk controversy. Many Republican campaigners will undoubtedly urge intensified bombing of North Viet Nam, particularly "source" targets in the Hanoi-Haiphong industrial complex, which have been spared on the President's orders. The Administration may also be criticized for not calling up the reserves-or, if they have been mobilized by November...
...planet in 1962, radioed back data indicating that Venus' surface was dry, dead, and very hot-perhaps 800° F. Later sightings through telescopes mounted on high-altitude balloons led other scientists to believe that Venus' clouds contained ice or steam, touching off a new argument about what is on the planet...
Adams based his argument on the First Amendment's religion clause "Congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of religion". He said that this clause aims to prevent religions from revoluntary and independent charity of auceiving the "coercive support" of the state...