Word: democratizer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Governors who lost out: Montana Democrat John E. Erickson in 1934; Nevada Democrat Edward P. Carville in 1946; Wyoming Democrat John Joseph Hickey in 1962; New Mexico Republican Edwin L. Mechem in 1964; Oklahoma Democrat J. Howard Edmondson in 1964. Kentucky Democrat Albert Benjamin ("Happy") Chandler won senatorial elections...
There are some dubious democracies that are evolving toward more freedom; unlike being pregnant, it is possible to be a little bit democratic. Perhaps the textbook example of how a benign dictatorship can encourage democracy is Ayub Khan, who remains a military strongman but in seven years has moved Pakistan to the point where he himself ran scared for President in this year's election-and against a 71-year-old woman at that. Similarly, Thailand, now under semiautocratic rule, is preparing a constitution. The Shah of Iran has mobilized the intellectual resources of his nation for economic, social...
...interests are woven tightly into the social and political fabric of segregation. The exceptions are few, though striking. Through years of tireless prodding, Ralph McGill has converted the Atlanta Constitution into a respected voice of accuracy and reason. Likewise, Hodding Carter and his sons have made the Greenville Delta-Democrat-Times the only reliable daily in Mississippi. But, outside Atlanta and Greenville, the picture is very bleak. The Northern newspapers rarely penetrate below Raleigh, and many Southern editors cut crucial paragraphs from wire service reports of civil rights activities. When it comes to local coverage and editorials, distortion is even...
Last week Congress had before it a bill that would make gun-toting tougher and that would cut drastically into the multimillion-dollar-a-year business of weaponry by mail. Drawn up by the Administration and introduced in the Senate by Connecticut Democrat Thomas J. Dodd, the measure would, among other things...
Vainly, Jimmy tried to find an issue -any issue-to hang his campaign on. He called Yorty a stooge of Democrat Jesse ("Big Daddy") Unruh, the controversial California assembly speaker. He attacked Yorty's membership in a segregated private club, endlessly criticized Yorty for having a bad temper...