Word: consensus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Almost instinctively, Lyndon Johnson reacts to such criticism by trying to build a consensus based on generalities and truisms. The world is evolving toward a single community, he said last week, "in which nations respect the rights of other nations and live at peace with one another." But, he added, "there will be no community to build if aggression achieves in Viet Nam what it has been denied from Greece to Korea to Berlin." Well and good, but he stopped short of the increasingly important question: How are we doing there? New York Times Columnist C. L. Sulzberger pointed...
...general agreement among reporters that the U.S.-bolstered Vietnamese cannot lose the war militarily (a noisy dissenter: L.A. Timesman Foisie, who worries about the constant Viet Cong reinfiltration and says, "I've never known a war where you could win and not hold any ground"). But a consensus about politics is something else again. On that subject, the press corps only agrees that the job is both tough and important. "A good police reporter could cover a military action," says NBC's Ron Nessen, "but the big job here is to try to give shape and meaning...
...than Koufax or not, Juan Marichal without question 1) has the best right arm in baseball, and 2) is the most complete pitcher in the game today, or any other day. "No man has the assortment of pitches Juan has," says Giants Manager Herman Franks -and there is a consensus about that. "Koufax has two pitches-a fastball and a curve," says St. Louis Outfielder Mike Shannon. "They're the two best pitches in the league. But Marichal has more. He has four or five-and he can control them all." Shannon hasn't seen the half...
...whatever happens in Vietnam, the American elections are unlikely to produce a consensus, either for or against the current Administration policy. Public opinion is too muddled and too contradictory, and in only a few cases will the electorate have the opportunity to choose between clear cut alternatives. Even then the choice will be something less than a referendum on Vietnam policy; the results will also depend on normal partisan alignments, differences on domestic policy, and personal popularity, that the general public can be separated into neat groups of hawks, doves, Administration backers and "peacenicks." Actually, the most through public opinion...
...groups which had so effectively presented the anti-war position in the spring of 1915 were considerably weaker by the fall of the same year as the consensus of student opinion shifted toward the preparedness position. The CRIMSON, which had opposed U.S. preparations for war the previous spring, changed its policy and became one of the leading spokesman for increased American military strength. The Student Council also adopted a resolution supporting increased preparedness and voluntary military training for all students...