Word: doves
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...these positions is clearly incompatible with the rights which professors have along with all other citizens to express their views on public policy and to participate in the political process. A professor does not lose this right because he is either a hawk or a dove, does research at the CFIA or elsewhere, or is named Huntington or Genovese. Mr. Plotke's views are a challenge to the basic principles essential to the life of both an academic community and a free society.Professor of Government
Under the rules, the minority party has the right to make the first motion to instruct. This option gave Jerry Ford a weapon that he used with devastating effect on the doves. He decided on a maneuver that would force the doves to lead from weakness. "I'm going to get the weakest guy on our side of the aisle to offer the motion," he told a fellow Republican. He picked Donald Riegle Jr. of Michigan, 32, a dove who Ford accurately figured would provoke maximum opposition to the doves' own cause. Riegle is a brash young second...
...Dove Formation. Goldberg's victory was not the only important decision the Democratic voters rendered. His running mate for Lieutenant Governor will be Basil A. Paterson, 44, a highly regarded state senator and the first black to run for so high a state office on a major party ticket. Though challenged by a white town supervisor from suburban Long Island, Paterson ran far better than Goldberg, winning 69% of the vote. In a four-man contest for the U.S. Senate nomination to oppose Republican Incumbent Charles Goodell, an expensive barrage of polished television advertising turned obscurity into victory...
...talks down to them. As for Ultra Brite's kiss-throwing commercials, she says: "Advertisers must think that women are stupid if they are to believe that a toothpaste will bring sex appeal." Other ads that the women found vexing included some for Crest toothpaste, Bold detergent, Dove soap, Colgate 100 mouthwash, Punch detergent, Ajax cleaner and Scope mouthwash...
...effectiveness trap." Many officials decide to stay in office to combat presidential policies−only to wake up one day and discover that they have had no tangible effect whatsoever. In the Johnson Administration, for example, Under Secretary of State George Ball came to be accepted as the house dove, the devil's advocate who could be counted upon to present all the opposing arguments to the prevailing course on the war. While Ball presented his case forcefully, his counsel was more often than not discounted even before it was given. Johnson even referred to him affectionately...