Word: effective
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...Eugene McCarthy, including former Democratic National Chairman Stephen Mitchell and California Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh, were back in the fold and others were expected to return in time. One who will not: Louisiana's Governor John McKeithen, who announced that he will not back Humphrey, thus in effect ceding his state to Wallace. McCarthy himself remained silent. Said a Democrat who had earlier opposed the Vice President, but is now aiding him: "Everything in life boils down to one question-which is the lesser of evils...
...Brien's conditions for accepting the double role of campaign manager and national chairman was that he have absolute authority. However, he will not stay long enough to effect a complete overhaul of the creaky party machinery. Serving without pay, O'Brien, 51, promised to remain only through the election. He is anxious to return to private life and write a book about his years in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations...
Usually keenly aware of political currents, Nixon still appeared uncertain about the effect the Chicago disturbances have had on public opinion. His staffers sounded out Republican figures around the country, and were advised not to criticize the police. At the same time, Nixon did not want to be in the position of endorsing repressive police measures. In the end, he took the same tack that he had taken on both Viet Nam and the appointment of Abe Fortas as Chief Justice. The whole matter, he pronounced, was simply too important for partisan politics. Judgment should await the results...
Reforming a country's entire legal system is a mammoth job in the best of times; doing it in the midst of a civil war seems virtually impossible. Yet last year South Viet Nam actually put a complete new constitution into effect. Now the country's legal experts are trying to align existing laws with the idealistic document. It is no easy task. The constitution strongly reflects contemporary Western notions of justice, but much of Viet Nam's legal structure is still based on the philosophical teachings of Confucius. To make matters worse, Vietnamese statutes include...
...emperor; other laws were written for Cochin China in the south, which was an outright colony controlled by the French governor. The differing legal standards are still applied today. Fornication, for example, was made a crime in central Viet Nam, reflecting strict Confucian traditions. No such statutes are in effect in the sophisticated south, where most of the French lived. Insulting the dignity of a woman in public is a crime in the south, but not in the center, where such an act would be unthinkable anyway. In the central city of Hue, a sworn statement of innocence before...