Word: concernedly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...minority is far more obnoxious than the tyranny of a majority. And at present, the majority clearly feels that law and order must somehow be reasserted. But it would be tragic if in the process the nation were to allow its legitimate fears to be exploited, its understandable concern to be exaggerated. The balancing of law and order against freedom is at the very heart of civilization's work. That work must be done by the leaders of the U.S. with a measure of magnanimity, a major effort at clarity-and a great deal of coolness. It will take...
...Birchite origin, there is no real alternative to the right-wing slogan, "Support your local police." In its proper definition, support would mean paying higher taxes for higher wages to attract better policemen, and for modern equipment to match modern tasks. It would also mean a constant concern for constitutional rights-and utmost respect for the cop who guards freedom as zealously as he upholds order...
...addition to the theology students, the New England Resistance and the Boston Committee of Religious Concern for Peace supported the pair in their original decision to seek sanctuary in the chapel, a student spokesman said...
...progressed, it gradually withered into a front toward which Johnson could gesture when his desire for peace was questioned. The story of Harriman's group as told by Kraslow and Loory illustrates one rule of executive decision-making: when an executive organization is not nourished by presidential concern it wilts. Harriman had neither the President's ear nor a security clearance which would have permitted him to do his job. Harriman did not even know of Marigold after it began to pan out. Johnson would have been protecting himself by keeping Harriman informed, but his central concern in December...
ACCORDING to Kraslow and Loory, the coordination problem arose largely as result of a decision by Lyndon Johnson to gather into his own hands, and those of his top advisors, the day by day controls over the war. By June, 1966, Johnson's concern with the war was so great that he, Rusk and McNamara were choosing at Tuesday lunches all the sites to be bombed for the coming week. This was simply more detail than he could handle, and with his vast responsibilities he had little time to follow the progress of peace initiatives. The one bureaucratic agency which...