Word: blackly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Procaccino and Marchi not only divided the conservative vote; their generally pedestrian campaigns made Lindsay look good by comparison. Still, the result fell far short of a majority for the liberal coalition. Capturing an estimated 80% of the black vote and managing to draw as many Jewish votes as did Procaccino, Lindsay won with just 41.8% of the total. Nonetheless, the fact that he won at all restored him as a man whom both Republicans and Democrats must reckon with in future sweepstakes for the White House...
Both Holton and Battle are progressives in Virginia terms. They talked a moderate law-and-order line but sounded sympathetic toward the black's problems. They want the U.S. out of Viet Nam but on "honorable" terms. Those, however, were secondary issues compared with the food-tax dispute-Holton favored offsetting the regressive state levy with a rebate-and the Republicans' argument that it was time to make Virginia a two-party state...
While Helton's much-advertised association with Nixon obviously helped, the G.O.P.'s biggest strength was Democratic weakness. Many conservative Democrats could not forgive Battle his ties with the Kennedys. The state A.F.L.-C.I.O. and the Crusade for Voters, a black political-action group, could not abide Battle's support by the lingering vestiges of the Byrd organization. Many liberals with no love for either Nixon or Holton wanted most of all to exercise the old Democratic guard completely and start fresh. The combination handily managed to put Holton over...
Late last week Indira lunched with Party Boss Nijalingappa in an attempt to avert the breakup of the Congress. Clad in what she considers to be her lucky costume-a pale yellow sari and a string of large black beads-she suggested that her deposed backers be reinstated. She refused, however, to reinstate the Syndicate members whom she had dropped from the Cabinet. "Not much was done at this meeting." admitted Nijalingappa. "No formula for unity has emerged...
...pulse of protest quickened on U.S. campuses last week. Some old issues took new turns. Black Power, for example, increasingly involved black athletes and black campus workers. Anti-war demonstrators focused on military research. At the same time, administrators seemed more assured and rational in containing student unrest without violence. Items...