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Word: discontentment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Amidst all this, both parties are rushing ass-backwards toward the nominations of the two dullest candidates in the field--Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey. Party leaders on both sides, as reports from the governors' conference in Cincinnati suggest, view this prospect with something less than riotous enthusiasm. They seem...

Author: By A. Hartford, | Title: Politics '68 | 7/26/1968 | See Source »

The trouble with Nixon and Humphrey is that they may be forever tarred by their identification with policies and decades blamed for the current mess. They are suffering form a rather logical--if unfair--guilt by association. But the apparent demand for newness and coherence, reflected in the apathy toward...

Author: By A. Hartford, | Title: Politics '68 | 7/26/1968 | See Source »

Impressed by the success of student protests elsewhere, Rio's students began their own demonstrations and disorders two months ago. Their discontent has focused on Education Minister Tarso Dutra, a weak administrator whom Costa refuses to replace under pressure. Two weeks ago, students shouting "Down with Dictatorship" marched on...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil: Surpassing All Limits Of Unpopularity | 7/5/1968 | See Source »

Aided by such latent discontent, the students achieved maximum results with a minimum of effort. Several dozen pranced sporadically around and through the exhibition grounds. Others countered the tenors serenading tourists' gondolas by singing the Internationale or scuffled desultorily with police in the Piazza San Marco. The commissioner of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exhibitions: Violence Kills Culture | 6/28/1968 | See Source »

Stiletto Tongue. The Castle blend of imagination and efficiency has made Barbara the highest-ranking woman politician in British history and won applause from bastions of business such as London's Financial Times, which called her "one of the few really effective ministers in the present government." A lifelong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: The Best Man | 5/31/1968 | See Source »

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