Word: defiantly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...audience was composed almost exclusively of members of the worried, defiant, 2.6 million-strong "white tribe" of Africa, whose Dutch forefathers first landed in Cape Town in 1652. More than any other man since their legendary 19th century Boer chieftain, "Oom Paul" Kruger, Vorster is their accepted leader. Said a party worker at last week's rally: "The people of this constituency have followed Mr. Vorster's career and been loyal to him in his worst and his best times. This time it has never been better...
...sixth chapter, "The Modern Revival of Ethnicity: With Special Reference to the United States," he moves in for the kill. Here again, the first target of his attack is the American black community. For although he sympathetically argues that the black nationalism of the '60s served as a defiant response to the racial shame American blacks have suffered for two centuries, he also points out that all the posturing and celebration of blackness has done nothing to alter blacks' marginal economic position in American society. An even more dramatic charge follows: the "black power" movement was partially responsible for reviving...
INSTEAD OF THIS AFFIRMATION of the principle that no man stands above the law, the nation witnessed a defiant Richard Helms asserting his belief that the no contest plea represented a "badge of honor" that he would proudly wear in the twilight of his career. The reasons for this personal view seem incomprehensible, outside of a well-honed arrogance for judicial process. Richard Helms committed perjury, and he did so knowing that his oath to protect the nation's intelligence secrets in no way excused this crime. Anything less than a full accounting of such unconscionable behavior by a high...
...black majority are headed for an all-out struggle for political power in South Africa--as even white South African liberals who favor peaceful reform now predict--the U.S. should be in a position to support the fight for black majority rule, rather than continuing to underwrite the defiant policies of Vorster's minority regime...
Some observers see an inherent stubbornness in the Carter personality; hence Jimmy's almost defiant defense of an embattled aide. Others suggest a further element: simple geography, as with Jack Kennedy's Massachusetts (and Harvard) Mafia and Lyndon Johnson's Texas herd. Some black leaders note that Carter is more at ease with Southern blacks -as in the case of U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young-than with any Northerners, black or white...