Word: democratized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Time off for Homework. Moyers, at 28, was one of the youngest officials ever presented to the Senate for confirmation. "If this trend continues," growled the Meridian (Miss.) Star, "appointees to high Administration posts will have to have time off to do their school homework." Louisiana Democrat Russell Long just could not believe that Moyers was not somehow related to Lyndon Johnson. "Any blood relationship?" he asked. "No, sir," replied Moyers. "Not through marriage or otherwise?" Long persisted. "Only political," said Moyers. Some Senators considered his proposed $19,500 salary outrageous; few were aware that he had in his pocket...
Though the House committee's strategy was to hit first at what Georgia Democrat Charles Weltner called the Klan's "Achilles' heel"-its murky financial practices-there were hints that in coming weeks it would also be looking into the more lurid aspects of K.K.K. imperialism. Dragon Jones was questioned in vain about cross burnings and racist handbills that have been distributed in North Carolina. Kornegay took refuge in the familiar four amendments when confronted with a newspaper story quoting him as advocating "mass killings in Selma...
Stock Gag. Lindsay's major opponent, Democrat Abraham David Beame, 59, is a diminutive (5 ft. 2 in.), Jewish bookkeeper and longtime machine politician who became comptroller under Wagner. Bland and cliche-inclined, Beame droned on and on about "sound fiscal policy," no matter how glassy-eyed his audiences became. He had one indefatigable campaign gag: "I don't see eye to eye with Lindsay," he chuckles, "physically, philosophically or politically." Beame's candidate for city council president is Irish Catholic Frank O'Connor, 56, able district attorney in Queens, who is considered a hot possibility...
Apparently this little guy likes his Mayor. In the election last spring he gave Yorty a suprisingly large 3-2 majority over liberal Democrat James Roosevelt. Consistent Yorty hecklers on the City Council suddenly found themselves ousted. Chief Parker's tenure was guaranteed...
...Communists know, East Germany is a "Democratic Republic," and with regularity Communist Party Boss Walter Ulbricht hauls 99.8% of his faithful electorate off to the polls to vote the official state slate. Last week's provincial and local elections, however, were to have been different. The people, decreed Democrat Ulbricht, would actually be given a choice: there would be 246,000 candidates for 204,000 jobs...