Word: disavowing
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...this set up the whole show for Lyndon Johnson to have the final say. But after a 15-minute tour, including everything from country quilts to astronauts' space seats, L.B.J. firmly and determinedly said nothing at all. Which leaves the U.S. pavilion with two attributes no showman will disavow: controversy and crowds...
...committee is now joining forces with the newly-established "Committee for the Restoration of Democratic Government in Greece." This New England organization is dedicated to convincing the U.S. to "disavow" the junta...
...Harvard faculty, and its counterpart at all universities, should publicly disavow the destructive aspects of ranking, arguing that they are but one symptom of the basically misconceived student deferment...
...crucial problems facing. Illinois state government, such as the conflicts of interest among office holders which Stevenson feels are the primary sources of corruption and inefficiency in Illinois government. Stevenson also realizes that he is constitutionally barred from seeking another term as treasurer and thus will not have to disavow any ambitions for higher office...
...them both head-on in a steely 40-minute speech that neatly divided his critics. To the left he offered the assurance that "there is no question of our sending troops to Viet Nam," adding that if the U.S. bombed civilian population centers in North Viet Nam, Britain would disavow its support. On the other hand, he said, Britain would not withdraw from Asia and leave it "to the Americans and Chinese, eyeball to eyeball, to face this thing out." That, said Wilson, "is the surest prescription for a nuclear holocaust I could think of. 'World, go home...