Word: deeps
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...they succeed, it will be quite an achievement. In the 1932-33 interregnum, relations between Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt were frosty, though the nation was already deep in the Depression. Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower did somewhat better 20 years later, but not much. In 1960, John Kennedy declined to become involved in decisions that were made during Dwight Eisenhower's last months in the White House. Their first postelection meeting did not take place until a month after Kennedy...
Inevitably, the North Koreans dismissed Nixon as a "notorious war maniac," while the Communist Chinese paired Humphrey and Nixon as "jackals of the same lair." In the Communist Eastern European countries, Nixon arouses deep antagonism, but most believe that the circumstances of his election, and the Democratic majority in Congress, will force him to exercise moderation...
...civil rights advances in the Deep South, a harsh reality remains in Mississippi courts: white men accused of violent crimes against Negroes are almost never convicted. About the only time such offenders are punished is when they are tried in federal courts under statutes enacted during Reconstruction times. Among those antique laws, several prohibit conspiracy to deprive any citizen of his civil rights, and last week a federal judge in Vicksburg concluded that one of man's most basic civil rights is his right to live. U.S. District Court Judge William Harold Cox, a stubborn segregationist, decided that...
...cast of characters is as varied as Author Asinof's fans; the list reads like a city ward-heeler's notion of the perfect political ticket. The coach is a Brooklyn Jew. The quarterback is a WASP-a Pentecostal minister's son from the Deep South. And the star pass receiver is a Negro. But whatever their differences, the Giants have one thing in common: an unpredictable flair for the dramatic...
...contest immediately slipped into a defensive battle. Early in the first quarter, Yale broke through the Harvard line deep in Crimson territory to block a punt and tackle the hapless punter in the end zone for a two point safety...