Word: democratization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from three of his speech writers and idea men, William Safire, Patrick Buchanan and Raymond Price. Nixon himself had read every previous inaugural address, picking as his favorites Lincoln's second inaugural, both of Wilson's, F.D.R.'s first three, the Kennedy speech and?surprisingly?the baroque oratory of Democrat James K. Polk. A favorite Nixon motto is "Forward Together," and Polk in 1845 chose compromise and unity as his basic themes. He deplored "sectional jealousies and heartburnings," entreating the competing factions of his day to "remember that they are members of the same political family, having a common destiny...
While Governor of an oil-rich state, Hickel has strenuously opposed higher petroleum import quotas. But Maine Democrat Edmund Muskie, whose state wants to offset New England's high fuel costs with a free-trade zone and a refinery for imported petroleum, won from Hickel a promise to reconsider the problem from a national viewpoint...
...declared it a "national catastrophe." The drought, now in its 20th month, followed three years of earthquakes, floods and destructive storms. The harried Frei has seen his drive for progress stalled by natural disaster after disaster, as well as by stubborn political opposition and splits in his ruling Christian Democrat Party. Says he: "The drought is worse than an earthquake. An earthquake produces panic, but reconstruction means work. A drought does not produce panic, but neither does it provide work...
...reform resolutions have been introduced since the 91st Congress convened. One, by Louisiana Democrat Hale Boggs, which retains the state electoral votes but disbands the college itself, provides for automatic election of any candidate receiving 40% of the electoral vote. If none gets that percentage, there would be a runoff election between the two leading candidates. A more realistic approach to the problem is offered in the Senate by Indiana Democrat Birch Bayh, who says there is "no more pressing business facing the nation," is pushing for the total abolition of the Electoral College system. Presidential elections would be decided...
...Magnanimity. When the com mittee stood at 19 members (twelve Democrats, seven Republicans), McGee was the next Democrat in line for membership. However, the reduction left room only for those Democrats already seated. Thus before McCarthy resigned, McGee seemed to be shut out. This could have been what Chairman William Fulbright, a leading dove, had intended when he pushed for the reduction, although his stated reason was to improve the efficiency of an un-wieldly committee. Perhaps no one was more amazed than McGee himself, who blurted: "I'm flabbergasted...