Word: effective
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...turned out, had little effect on the outcome. In the end, it was the well-oiled Democratic machine in Providence that saved Tiernan by delivering him a 6,700-vote plurality in the city wards within the district. Even so, in Democratic Rhode Island, it was clear that the nationwide Republican resurgence of last November was as potent as ever...
...Viet Cong-dominated areas beyond Saigon's emerging rule of law. Since self-rule at the village and hamlet level is so much part and parcel of the Vietnamese way of life, both Saigon and Washington hope that the example of the next few months will have its effect in Communist areas by creating a groundswell of discontent directed against the Viet Cong, in envy of the newly restored and visible perquisites in Saigon-controlled areas. If the elections work that way-and it is admittedly a big if-they could shape Viet Nam's future more effectively...
...missiles (range: 1,245 miles) to beef up De Gaulle's fledgling force de frappe; De Gaulle hopes to build three more by 1974. "I am very happy," said the General. "This is a capital day for our defense and for our independence." De Gaulle was saying, in effect, that France can get along very well without either NATO or SHAPE on its soil...
Savvy from Christians. Ojukwu gave Gowon until March 31 to put into effect agreements reached between the two at a conference in Ghana in January. He claimed that Gowon agreed to a loose confederation of states for Nigeria, promised aid for 160 refugees and made other concessions that he later reneged on. Gowon later offered a compromise: he said he would give all state governors, including Ojukwu, virtual veto over his policies, but he refused to relinquish certain powers, including the power to take over states "in emergencies." When the deadline passed with no further concessions, Ojukwu hit where...
Speaking to a conference on student political movements in Puerto Rico last week, Kerr argued that campus revolts have their own limitations and, even when successful, carry "the seeds of their own destruction." To have any effect, a revolt needs an issue to galvanize action, a leader to capitalize on that issue, and a tactic to exploit it. But even finding a focus for rebellion, said Kerr, can be a "wearying process." Compared with the strongly ideological political activism of the 1930s, the "issue-by-issue protest movement" of the 1960s will prove to be more immediately dramatic and troublesome...