Word: disaffectedness
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Significantly, patriotism apparently remains high. If asked what other country he might prefer, the average American still draws a blank. Rarely in the past-or present-have Americans hated America enough to commit treason, renounce citizenship, or stop longing for God's country while abroad. In that sense, patriotism...
(6 of 10) recommendations. Mitchell opposed attacking George Wallace, for example, and was one of those who urged the nomination of Spiro Agnew for Vice President. He also was among those advocating that disaffected whites be addressed not only with the law-and-order appeal but with arguments supporting the...
During the campaign Nixon promised to reconcile disaffected groups to his Administration "by giving them a piece of the action." His first appointments, besides assuring the academic community that even Nixon appreciated it, suggested that Nixon the President-elect viewed problems more reasonably than Nixon the Republican nominee had. Henry...
In his book, Kennedy describes last fall's Pentagon demonstration "a disturbing symbol of developing trends among our dissenting youth"; the trend veers toward divisive and disrupting dissent opposed to the ideals of democracy. "The threat posed by the tactic of disruption," warns Kennedy, "is more than a disturbance of...
The Early Guerrilla. David defeated Goliath, Gale adds, because he possessed fire power-meaning a primitive but effective missile-plus "the courage, the skill and the brains to use it." David might be considered an early prototype of the socially conscious guerrilla fighter, "cultivating friendship with the local people, who...