Word: caucus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Daniels, a member of neither caucus, said that calls for academic freedom at Harvard mean essentially an alliance with the ruling class. "The Corporation has shown its hand," he said. "To abolish ROTC, we're going to have to fight them very hard," he concluded...
Kazin, a member of the "New Left" caucus, said that SDS should demand that Harvard build low-income housing for the people in Cambridge. He added that SDS should increase political activity in the houses...
...seemed like a crazy caucus race, though, and no end--except for the money--way in sight. Linda was amazed that, while their lighting technician could make slides from most any source, Linda herself was the only staff member searching for new material. And time was running short...
...Democratic leadership in the House an agreement to allow all party members to sit in on monthly policy meetings, thus assuring that the voice of the activists will continue to be heard. Another concession to Udall's rebellion: committee appointments will henceforth be subject to approval by a caucus of all House Democrats instead of being dictated by a tight coterie of congressional elders. Udall and his hardy backers-only 58 of 435 House members-did their careers no damage, and may well have assured a more responsive leadership for the future...
...that Germans seem to remember about the Spiegel affair is the way Strauss bounced back from it. Besides his drive and brilliance both as an administrator and orator, the key to his resurgence is that he never lost control of his Bavarian Hausmacht. It paid off at the decisive caucus in 1966 at which he was able to act as kingmaker...