Word: condemnations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wreckings-followed by interment of the beasts-were a common protest against the internal-combustion engine. Some students at Florida Technological University held a trial to condemn a Chevrolet for poisoning the air; they tried to demolish it with a sledgehammer, but the car resisted so sturdily that the students finally shrugged and offered it to an art class for a sculpture project...
Kennedy went on to condemn Nixon's use of "chauvinistic phrases to appeal to someone's idea of the average American." calling it "demeaning to a great nation...
...important, the Council of Europe was about to convene in Strasbourg to consider censuring the regime. Last December, Greece resigned from the council to avoid expulsion on charges of violating the European Code on Human Rights. Last week all but two of the council's members voted to condemn the junta on ten specific counts of torturing political prisoners...
Thus Jackson does not condemn the Black Panthers; neither does he embrace their Marxist philosophy or all of their tactics. Because the Panthers are so widely seen as victims of police repression, they pose a delicate problem for many black leaders. Jackson handles that problem rather skillfully. He accepts their claim that they espouse violence only defensively, in response to white terrorism against them. He lauds their contribution to black pride. With the same ease, Jackson can endorse moderates; he praises Roy Wilkins for fighting racial injustice "long before I was born." He sees the usefulness of tuxedoed black leaders...
Poverty and discrimination condemn blacks to bad housing. Less obvious factors include the decay of public housing (50.8% occupied by blacks) and maladroit federal programs, such as urban renewal and highway building, which razed 800,000 city units between 1949 and 1967. The Government has also speeded the white exodus from cities. Since World War II, it has financed only 800,000 urban units, while insuring the financing of 10 million suburban homes. Fortunately, the Federal Housing Administration has begun to change this pattern. More than 50% of FHA's mortgage insuring activity has lately been shifted to properties...