Word: broad
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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WHILE politics preoccupied the nation last week with the approach of the conventions, Lyndon Johnson's energies were absorbed by problems on two broad fronts of foreign policy. At midweek, he flew off to Honolulu to discuss the problem that one of the presidential candidates will undoubtedly find uppermost in his mind the day after inauguration-Viet Nam. Even as Johnson was conferring with South Viet Nam's President Nguyen Van Thieu, the showdown over Czechoslovakia brought a sobering reminder that, for the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. alike, Europe remains a potentially dangerous arena. It was also...
There are indeed ample injustices in all of the disparate rituals through which convention delegates are picked. State primaries, originally intended to circumvent the political manipulations of party leaders at state conventions, are themselves often open to distortion. Some, like Oregon's open primary, are sufficiently broad-based to reflect more or less accurately the voters' will. Yet the results of primaries can be nullified by the unit rule, which applies in a number of states and binds all of the state's convention delegates to vote in a bloc at least through the first ballot. Thus...
Science-fiction connoisseurs see the precise Clarke as a latter-day Jules Verne. Space scientists who invited him to address the international conference on bioastronautics and space exploration three weeks ago obviously regard him as a peer. That broad acceptance testifies to the validity of the three premises of which Clarke bases all his writing, fiction and nonfiction alike...
...Georges Pompidou was restrained. "The first of our duties is not to abuse this victory," he said. In a conciliatory gesture, he invited the Gaullists' old allies, the Independent Republicans of Valery Giscard d'Estaing, and the centrists to join his Cabinet in what he called "a broad union capable of making decisions and implementing reforms." Pompidou's motives, however, were not inspired purely by a dedication to parliamentary democracy: he will need the support of the Giscardists and centrists if he runs for the presidency after De Gaulle departs...
...dispute between Papadopoulos and the hard-liners came to a head over the proposed constitution, which was drafted by a 20-man commission of Greek jurists (TIME, Jan. 26). In its present form, the draft retains the monarchy, but severely limits the once broad powers of the throne. The King loses his most important function-that of appointing the Premier. In the future, the Premier will be chosen either in direct elections by the people or elected by Parliament. The King is also stripped of his post as commander of the armed forces and may no longer rule by decree...