Word: conductivity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...agenda, but the war managed nonetheless to dominate conversation at the annual Western Governors' Conference in Las Vegas last week. While most of the twelve Governors present-six Democrats and six Republicans-endorsed the Administration's basic policy, many of them expressed misgivings over the conduct of the war and the future of the Saigon government. Most expressed concern about Viet Nam's repercussions on the November elections-in which nine of the governors will appear on the ballot...
However, like most fellow Republicans, Dirksen has consistently defended the Administration's conduct of the war-while planning to emphasize as a campaign issue Democratic dissent and disarray over Viet Nam. Resorting to semantics, Dirksen allowed: "He uses the word mismanagement. I thought perhaps 'misjudgment' might be a better term...
...instead on subjective appraisal of the "totality of the circumstances." In each case, the court tried to reconstruct the suspect's ability to resist the forces arrayed against him. The results were confusing. To weigh "totality," the court developed no fewer than 38 criteria, such as whether police conduct "shocked the conscience." In two cases similar to Escobedo, police barred the suspects' lawyers; one confession came after seven hours, the other after twelve. While voiding the first, the court upheld the second. All this left lower courts to decide voluntariness almost as they pleased...
Second, there should be an independent commission to investigate accidents. Although it would be impractical to study every case. Buxbaum said, a statistically accurate sample would be sufficient to determine the major defects. The board, he detailed, would have the power to impound crashed cars and conduct, a thorough "autopsy" to find the part that failed...
After several years, an international committee would conduct free elections to determine the final form of government, Aptheker said. "What else," he concluded "can North Vietnam offer but surrender...