Word: bolting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...strategy burst suddenly on a somnolent Senate. Announced Johnson: Civil rights amendments may be offered to the Stella school bill. Quickly, Georgia's Senator Richard B. Russell, leader of the outfoxed Southern Democrats, was bolt upright, protesting "the lynching of orderly procedure." Maverick Democrat Wayne Morse of Oregon, though ardently pro-civil rights, joined in the protest because "I am opposed to legislation by rider...
...hitched Britain's long-range nuclear-weapons planning exclusively to the fixed-site Blue Streak missile. Instead, the British are considering greater reliance on missiles that can be launched from submarines or planes-specifically the U.S. Navy's Polaris or the U.S. Air Force's Sky Bolt...