Word: conductivity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Though in some ways Lyndon Johnson is a consummate politician, nobody has ever confused him with Disraeli. Somehow, the picture of Smooth Lyndon the Senate Persuader does not carry over into his conduct of foreign affairs. Indeed, during his first 100 days or so, the President sometimes gave the impression that U.S. influence abroad had declined because of some failure in his capacity to deal with crises. And as crises flashed across the map like fireflies on a hot night-as Viet Nam got messier and Charles de Gaulle frostier--that critical impression of Johnson made it seem...
...must stay there and help them," he said, "and that is what we are going to do." Equally important was the U.S. decision to increase current aid of $500 million a year by about $40 million to help South Viet Nam's new ruler, General Nguyen Khanh, conduct "clear-and-hold" operations against the Viet Cong guerrillas. If the current course of action proves a flop, Lyndon does not rule out the possibility of stepped-up guerrilla warfare on North Viet Nam's home grounds...
...struggle concerns Senator Clair Engle, 52, who is recuperating from a brain operation. Most California politicians feel that Engle cannot possibly conduct a vigorous re-election campaign, let alone represent a key state in Washington, and they want him to retire. Engle's wife, Lucretia, is fighting hard to keep him in the race. The liberal California Democratic Council has already rejected Engle and instead has endorsed State Controller Alan Cranston. Governor Brown, a longtime political colleague of Engle's, announced his support for Cranston...
Coast-to-Coast Shock. The reaction was immediate. In a speech to the American College of Trial Lawyers in Miami Beach, A.C.T.L. President Whitney North Seymour said that Belli's conduct "shocked all of us." Belli's denunciation of the judge and jury on TV, said Seymour, "cannot be allowed to pass by those responsible for maintaining the image of the American lawyer at home and abroad...
...perfect in his role. Belli was too flashy. What Ruby needed was a defense lawyer who could have matched Wade's demeanor, perhaps a small-town Texas lawyer, old-fashioned and down to earth, with suspenders instead of a velvet collar." The professional verdict on Belli's conduct of the defense was neatly capsuled in a Texas lawyer's quip: "They found Melvin Belli guilty and gave Jack Ruby the chair...