Word: basics
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Perhaps Nixon's outstanding achievement to date is having chosen Agnew as his running mate. Agnew's "absolute passion for oversimplification" is comforting, since respect for basic American values need not require deep intellectual prowess. If Mr. Agnew stays on the prod, his stature surely will continue to grow...
Negotiating tactics? Saigon's ability to fight? Has the basic American stake in Viet Nam changed? These are some of the questions of the war debate, issues on which thousands of lives depend and to which there are no simple answers. They are also problems that are in danger of being obscured as Richard Nixon's counterattack on the tactics and legitimacy of dissent overshadows the core questions. Opponents of his policies have managed to outshout-but not outnumber-those willing to give Nixon more time. Convinced that strong public support in the U.S. is essential if Hanoi...
Antipathy to Freedom. In the past, it has been difficult to nudge the colonels very far. Under prodding from the Johnson Administration, they drew up a fairly democratic constitution-but failed to put into effect the articles guaranteeing basic human rights. Under pressure from European governments, they have promised elections-but have not yet set a date. One of the most disturbing indications of the junta's antipathy to freedom has come in its dealings with the Greek press...
...Your Basic Facts...
...Beach, our child prodigy sports-editor and I collaborated on the headline story, that gave some of the basic facts. Sixteen players, including the entire defensive backfield, two prominent running backs, and most of the defensive line had contracted the disease from three somewhat loose coed cheerleaders at a party in Providence, which is in Rhode Island, five weeks before...