Word: dreamed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...liberal Eastern Establishment's so-called "kingmakers," figuring that the nomination was scarcely worth having against an ebullient, efficient L.B.J., crumbled after putting up a feeble fight against Goldwater. By their reasoning, it was as good a time as any to exorcise the right wing's dream that it could sweep the nation by offering voters "a choice, not an echo." So disastrous was the result that the moderates are unlikely to risk relinquishing the nomination to the conservative wing again without a bruising battle...
...have this Golden Dream, you see. I want to lead 10,000 Oakland Negroes to the Capitol for a sit-in. Then I want to stand up as a member of the House of Representatives and throw a tomato at the Secretary of Defense...
Names of students admitted, and of the Shakespeare play to be produced, will be announced before Thanksgiving. But the list of possible plays has already been narrowed down to Midsummer Night's Dream, Coriolanus, Measure for Measure, and Richard...
...grapples with the ordeal of Dion of Syracuse, who tried vainly, 24 centuries ago, to convert a tyranny into Plato's ideal city-state. This theme does not easily catch the modern fancy; after all, the roll of centuries has only emphasized the unattainability of Dion's dream. It appears that Author Renault has at last cleaned out the Attic...
...takes anywhere near 20 per cent of the vote, as some of his aides predict, he will become an important contender for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in '70. Most of the present Democratic leaders have power over small areas, usually not more than a county, and though they may dream of advancement to higher office in the state ligislature, there is little chance of them entering a state-wide election. With a large number of votes from a state-wide electorate Roosevelt would have tremendous bargaining power. If he doesn't convince the Democrats to take him back -- his campaign...