Word: ducked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...present time," said Griffin, who brings considerable skills as a political organizer to the G.O.P. rebellion, "the American people are in the process of choosing a new government. By their votes in November the people will designate new leadership and new direction for our nation. Of course, a lame-duck President has the constitutional power to submit nominations for the Supreme Court. But the Senate need not confirm them ?and, in this case, should not do so." Richard Nixon, who thinks that he will embody Griffin's "new leadership," agreed, not surprisingly, that Johnson should postpone all court appointments...
...moment. But as soon as the tense times passed, he would fade again. Perhaps he can move back to center stage with travel and a series of talks on America's future. But even then, the old luster would be missing. He is a lame duck-or as Aesop would have it, a declining lion-and that condition is as inescapable...
...several weeks, despite 85-year-old Judge Francis J. W. Ford's warnings to "get on with it." In another draft-related case, a Baltimore district court last week sentenced two pacifists to six years in federal prison and a third to three years for pouring duck blood on draft-board records. One of those sentenced to a six-year stretch was the Rev. Philip F. Berrigan, 44, a Roman Catholic priest...
Emerging drenched to the quills, Ibis asked for a towel. "It's not a duck's back, you know," he quipped...
...youth of today has a big surprise for the world of tomorrow. Because millions of us really care. We are not going to be content with what is going on in Duck Hollow, Ky., or on the shores of Lake Winnecook in Maine. Things will change because we give a damn...