Word: bitters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last week's maelstrom of looting and arson swirled past Oakland, Calif., leaving its hate-filled ghettos almost unscathed. But Oakland's police were deeply embroiled in a bitter private race feud of their own. Ranged against them was a strutting band of hyper-militants styling themselves the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The Panthers, armed and angry, are defiantly demanding a facedown...
...many of the NRA members argee with him is hard to determine, but the number is probably not insignificant. The NRA offers numerous services far removed from its battle against gun laws: technical articles, identification of antique firearms, and the "Hunter Safety" training, which even bitter NRA opponents admit has helped reduce the number of hunting accidents...
Bobby Kennedy, for one, wanted to make sure of that. He requested a meeting "to discuss how we might work together in the interest of national unity during the coming months," and Johnson quickly agreed to the get-together. It was their first formal session since the bitter 45-minute confrontation in the White House 14 months ago, when the President angrily lashed out at Bobby for having fostered rumors that he had received a Viet Nam peace feeler during a European visit. Now, in an hour-long meeting described by both sides as "cordial," Johnson briefed Kennedy...
...Bitter Legacy. Another possibility is the continuation of military activity but on a declining level, as both the U.S. and North Viet Nam disengage. For this to lead to peace, formal political status for the N.L.F. would be required eventually. The Thieu government, as recently as last week, continued to insist it would never accept any coalition with the Front. There are other variations on the theme. But any settlement that promises to yield any satisfaction to both sides also entails concessions by both sides. The Communists might have to forgo their goal of an immediate N.L.F. takeover...
...part of its continuing efforts to bolster the pound, Britain last month imposed a severe tax on all investment income exceeding $7,200. Though Brit ons have grown accustomed to bitter fiscal medicine, that dose has been particularly hard to swallow. Reason: the special one-year measure carries the country's progressive taxation to the point of confiscation, resulting in a tax bite that can, in higher income brackets, amount to more than...