Word: counteractions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Crusade. To counteract the great conspiracy of the godless, Arrupe urged the council to draw up a basic plan for "worldwide coordinated action," to be followed by Catholics in a crusade against atheism, under "absolute obedience to the Pope." The Supreme Pontiff would then "assign various fields of labor to everyone, in order that the entire people of God may give itself vigorously to this task...
Floating Golf Game. Semi-retired now, Sobel's latest venture is a kind of floating golf game-a driving range on the deck of Eastern Steamship Lines' S.S. Ariadne, a cruise ship that tours the Bahamas and the Caribbean. Last week, feet spread to counteract the roll of the ship, he watched sadly as middle-aged duffers hooked and sliced into a net-and-canvas trap. "I've never seen so many different ways of hitting a golf ball," he sighed. "Nobody seems to do it right any more. Why, just the other...
...will take a lot of positive feedback to counteract the massive negatives of American race attitudes, but as long as there are Kenneth Clarks around to prod consciences and prick rationalizations, there will be progress...
...Prepared, in the Senate, for a tough fight over a proposed constitutional amendment that would counteract the Supreme Court's ruling that both houses of state legislatures must be apportioned strictly on a population basis. Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen has been battling for an amendment to allow one house to be apportioned on factors other than population, such as counties. Last week Dirksen prevented a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee because the best he could have got was an eight-eight tie-which would have prevented a favorable report to the floor. After declaring...
...tung has said that Communism will conquer Asia because the U.S. has neither the stamina nor the patience to counteract his "wars of liberation." Now Ho Chi Minh says that the Viet Cong will win the struggle in Viet Nam because "Americans don't like long, inconclusive wars." These statements indicate what we are up against in Southeast Asia. The formula for victory is patience, an organized population, and a preponderance of men and matériel. The United States can prove Chairman Map and Uncle Ho irrevocably wrong. But it will take more strength in the face...