Word: emphasising
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Shift of Emphasis. An apt example is the law-and-order field. There, the President-elect may work with the Omnibus Crime Control Act, passed by the 90th Congress, to expand federal aid to local law enforcement authorities. Under the Act, Nixon's Attorney General may sanction the use...
Mitchell was not universally popular in the Nixon entourage. He signed on later than some of the charter mem bers, and a few of the campaign aides found his no-nonsense attitude auto cratic. He stayed high in Nixon's esteem, however, and soon after the election the boss...
Risk of Excess Success. Despite the emphasis on black studies and black pride, no anti-white hostility is discernible. By their own efforts, the students have rejected the lethargy and alienation inherent in their ghetto lives, and they take a positive view of the future. They plan to keep Freedom...
Died. Arthur Hays Sulzberger, 77, publisher (1935-61) and board chairman (1957-68) of the New York Times, who gave new depth and scope to the familiar slogan, "All the News That's Fit to Print"; after a long illness; in Manhattan. Sulzberger tempered his indomitable dignity with wry...
One of the signs of this new rock is its emphasis on intricate rhythmic patterns of voices. The Family Stone manage to carry these off on both fast and slow songs but Chaka was successful mainly on the up-tempo numbers. Gilbert Moses on lead guitar contributes deft Cropper-like...