Word: citizenship
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...News." Another took to the hustings. "Vote straight CBS News. Re-elect the most trusted man in America . . . Walter Cronkite." ABC modestly reported that Howard K. Smith and Harry Reasoner would tell what went on in the polling booth "and what's coming out." All three networks emphasized citizenship and the tireless highmindedness of electronic journalism. None mentioned the high-pricedness. This year the combined coverage cost some $10 million, roughly what the presidential candidates together spent on TV commercials-with about the same results. Adman Stanley Tannenbaum, chairman of Kenyon & Eckhardt, was forced to cry electronic tears...
...enormous authority and resources to special interest groups, waste, insensitivity, ignorance and bureaucracy," Nader wants to alert the citizens to their own interest in "what these 535 legislators do and do not not do every day." "Turning Congress around for the people" is Nader asserts, both an obligation of citizenship and a necessity for the remedy of national problems. Under this banner, the surplus of examples of corrupt politics and incompetent politicians serves as incitement for the citizen army...
...dire threats of retribution if the Asians do not leave by Nov. 8, the U.S. invoked a special provision of the Immigration Law that permits the U.S. Attorney General to accept refugees under his "parole." Once they arrive in America they can apply for permanent residency and eventually citizenship...
...need to buy one? About $1,000,000 to onetime Miami Gambling Czar Meyer Lansky, 70. For two years Lansky has been trying to find a permanent sanctuary in Israel for himself, his ailing wife and his dog. The Israeli high court rejected Lansky's application for citizenship, and now the Interior Ministry has given him two weeks to get out. Since he faces prosecution for tax evasion and contempt if he returns to the U.S., Lansky is reported to be offering the million in cash, plus substantial investments, to any country that will give him a home...
...that only some 26,000 Asians, instead of the 30,000 to 50,000 refugees originally expected, will immigrate to Britain. Even so, there will probably be another 5,000 Asians left behind, and they are the unluckiest of all. They earlier rejected British passports in favor of Ugandan citizenship, which has been arbitrarily revoked by Amin. They are now stateless. Britain has declined to consider restoring them to citizenship, and has referred their case to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. But there is growing concern whether any international body can act swiftly enough to save them from...