Word: children
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Triple A-Plus. Only on rare occasions has Humphrey let slip the merest hint of differences with the White House. Once in a while, his old logorrheic fervor would earn Johnson's displeasure, as when in 1966 he commented on urban riots: "With rats nibbling on my children's toes, I might lead a pretty good revolt myself." He also called for a "Marshall Plan" for the cities when the White House was playing down big new spending programs. But generally he disagreed with few Administration policies. On Viet Nam, Humphrey has pressed for greater social reform, fewer grand search...
...when he would teach at the University of Texas, looked backward to the happy times when he was a Congressman and Senator, and looked sideways at the historians who will judge the achievements of the Johnson years. "I believe that you know," he said, "and that our children will know, and all history will know, that that is an unparalleled record." The fencing for a site to negotiate with Hanoi, which continued throughout the week, disappeared for a moment from the President's consciousness...
They rose, thanked the "reverend clergy, distinguished guests at the high table, ladies and gentlemen," and praised "Walter's lovely wife Marion and his five wonderful children." A few evoked memories of Sullivan's late father, Michael A. "Mickey the Dude" Sullivan, who founded the Sullivan political dynasty. "He must be looking down from heaven, happy that there's not a warmer person in public or private life than Walter," was how one speaker...
...School Committee last Wednesday approved the idea of building temporary classrooms for the children and asked the Council to appropriate the money for the classrooms is a suitable site could be found...
Hayes expressed concern over the cost of the temporary classrooms (variously estimated at $300,000 to $470,000) and advocated putting the Houghton children in other schools throughout the city. Mahoney echoed the cost argument and said that pupils at the "racially imbalanced" Houghton School would benefit from going to other, more integrated schools...