Word: breakdowns
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Bundy justified American intervention in the Dominican Republic by nothing that in the last week of April there was "persuasive evidence of a breakdown of authority" which could have been exploited by Communists...
...dominated every utterance during the week. To the graduating class of mostly Negro Howard University, the President pointed out that even though Negroes are winning the legal battle for equality, Negro poverty remains worse than white poverty. He talked about the psychological scars left on young Negroes, the devastating breakdown in Negro family life, the lack of education. He cited figures to show that the gulf between whites and Negroes is actually widening rather than closing, despite the legal breakthrough...
...Only a breakdown could beat the Scotsman now: his nearest competitor, Parnelli Jones, was H min. behind. On the 136th lap, Clark ducked into the pits for the last time waved away a new set of goggles and a glass of water, roared out again in 24.7 sec. His orders were "Take it easy"-and Clark did, throttling back to 150 m.p.h., then 145. At the end, he was 5 mi. ahead...
...HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATER (NBC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). Bob Newhart appears as a scientist whose electronic computer has a nervous breakdown. Color...
...Asia, India can rightfully claim to be the world's largest democracy-although it is in effect a one-party state, so dominant is the ruling Congress Party. But trying to impose a classic two-party system on the welter of Indian politics could only lead to total breakdown. Besides, other parties do freely exist, and within itself the Congress Party contains and balances off so many shades of opinion and interests that it is virtually a coalition government. One of the most serious dangers to Indian democracy is corruption in the civil service, essentially a symptom of economic...