Word: dissents
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Communist terrorism in the South has taken an infinitely greater toll of civilian lives. Michigan's George Romney once again proposed that all of Southeast Asia be "neutralized" and the war "defused." At an impromptu news conference, the President once again affirmed his belief in the right to dissent, but suggested that the dissenters were only playing into the hands of Red propagandists. Minnesota's Democratic Senator Eugene McCarthy once again threatened to run as a "peace candidate" unless Johnson ended the war, and Massachusetts' Teddy Kennedy once again decried the maltreatment of refugees...
First, he talked to American troops-Marines at Danang, flyers back from the air war up North, sailors on river assault boats-urging them not to be dismayed by the dissent at home. Second, he talked through newsmen to the American public, pointing up the progress in the war and calling for patience. Third, he talked to South Viet Nam's newly installed leaders, demanding a more vigorous effort in both prosecuting the war and broadening the base of Saigon's government...
...Democrats, feels that the convention may pass a resolution Sunday urging Senator McCarthy to run. The national Y.D.'s took a stand in the fall of 1965 asking President Johnson to end the war in Vietnam, and have been battling with the National Democraic Committee over the right to dissent within the party for a year...
Translated into pragmatic politics, this could well mean a vote against DeGuglielmo if a showdown occurs. During the past two years, the City Manager has clearly taken the leading role in the City. The majority on the Council has usually stood behind decisions with little dissent; only the minority four have seriously questioned...
GLIMP: Well, as has been indicated, I think the first point the Administrative Board felt very strongly about is the difference between dissent and even vigorous dissent and use of force on another individual. That was the basic feeling. As we began to try to figure out what action might be appropriate, it seemed to us that it was important to weigh the educational considerations, gains that might accrue from moderate but severe action. I suppose in a sense we were saying we'd like to keep the students here and talk to them some more...