Word: dissents
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Dissent, to be sure, did not go unpunished. A popular saying of the day held that "a Tory is a thing whose head is in England and its body in America, and its neck ought to be stretched." Schoolmasters, physicians and merchants whose only offense was their adherence to Tory principles were all harassed; some were tarred and feathered, others found their homes and property confiscated. Some 100,000 American loyalists fled to Britain or other exile havens. As one group of them departed, General Washington dryly noted that "one or two have done what a great number ought...
That is why their Congressmen are enthusiastic about funding new military gadgets and somewhat glum about backing programs to elevate living standards in America's numerous poverty pockets. In fact, the greatest effect of the government's foreign policy mythology may not be to counter dissent, but to divert attention from more explosive problems at home...
...President also said that dissent at home will not turn him from his course in Vietnam...
...president of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, arrived in Los Angeles and told a primarily caucasian press conference, "The black vote and the peace vote will be absolutely necessary next year if Wallace can carry as many Southern States as the Gollup Poll predicts. With this kind of dissent, we can bring Lyndon Johnson to his knees...
...Mauritians. With the is land's 394,000 Hindus behind him, Sir Seewoosagur seems to have made his point. But the polyglot population also includes 126,000 Indian Moslems and 25,000 Chinese who do not seem overly eager for Hindu rule; there may be more than vocal dissent if Sir Seewoosagur's majority tries to carry out the party plank of independence...