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...election of Franklin Roosevelt, it was thrown into the minority position. The majority party sets its sights on a national problem. The liberal and theoretical wing of that party proposes a solution. The other wing of the party opposes it. The majority party then goes into its customary deadlock, unable to raise enough votes to pass its own program...
...Burns Deadlock of Democracy...
Leary's goal on a pass from Wally Whitney broke a 4-4 deadlock in the final period of the Baltimore game, Gunnoe, who had three assists and a goal in the game, fed Williams for the final score...
Democratic Deadlock. In his 2,500-word address, Scranton ran down an imposing list of "failures which dot the national landscape," from unemployment and poverty to civil rights and urban blight. For all of them, he said, the Democratic Party, which has been in the majority for most of the past 32 years, must be held accountable. "Our democracy is deadlocked, and the deadlock in the Democratic Party is the chief reason...
Before returning to Washington for consultations on the deadlock, U.S. Disarmament Negotiator William C. Foster left some sobering thoughts for his 200 fellow delegates. "While we negotiate," said he, "the arms race goes on-on both sides." In the two years since the Geneva talks began, Foster reported, U.S. strategic missile inventories alone have more than tripled, and by next year "will reach approximately 750% of those...