Word: boosts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Boost for Long. Over the past two years, as the Virginian has become increasingly infirm, Louisiana's Russell Long has taken on much of the load of the Finance Committee while shepherding several Great Society bills through the Senate. As Byrd's successor, Long-who inherited Hubert Humphrey's job as Senate majority whip-will hold one of the Senate's most powerful positions. Though personally volatile and politically unpredictable, Long, 47, has a record of populist liberalism that will undoubtedly be more in harmony with the legislative goals of the Johnson Administration than was Byrd...
...months ago, in return for help from U.S. and international banks, the government finally agreed to try a little austerity-namely, to hold down wages and straighten out its finances. That only brought new clamors for wage increases, the most spectacular of which was a demand for a 48% boost by bank employees. When the government said no, the leftist National Confederation of Workers-500,000 in all-joined in a crippling general strike that forced the country's ruling nine-man National Council to declare a state of siege, which was not lifted until early this month...
King's tall order would require massive federal intervention. The Justice Department, however, has long hesitated to exercise undue federal power−mainly, it says, because it is anxious to boost state responsibility and encourage Southern lawmen to discover the U.S. Constitution. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was so anxious on this score that in 1964 he pleaded "very limited power" to protect Mississippi Negroes. But as 29 top law professors quickly reminded him, the U.S. Code (Title 10, Section 333) fully empowers the President to use all necessary force on every foot of American soil to uphold...
Pride & Monopoly. The U.S. is well ahead in the marketing race, but the contest is bound to narrow. To boost national pride and to save foreign exchange, many of Europe's state-owned power monopolies are expected to place most of their future orders with local suppliers. U.S. equipment companies believe that their most promising markets are in countries that want nuclear power but have not yet begun large-scale production of reactors themselves, notably Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Japan. Beyond that is a vast future market in the developing countries. Eagerly eying South America and Africa, the Western...
...have filed a federal antitrust suit seeking injunctions and $450,000 in treble damages. The first suit of its kind demands a hard look at possible inequities. But in the long run, a decision that supports the. neighborhood service is likely to help the poor become more prosperous-and boost business for all U.S. lawyers...