Word: equalize
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dominance of the two parties is, of course, his goal. A good part of his stock speech is an attack on the Democratic and Republican parties ?with both given equal time and tirade. At some point, Wallace always notes that "both national parties have looked down their noses and called us rednecks?and I'm sick and tired of it." At another point, he declares that "both national parties ought to be for law and order. They took it away from you by kowtowing to anarchists." He adds: "There's not a dime's worth of difference between either...
Last week Senate Republicans led by Minority Leader Everett Dirksen combined to shield Nixon from a TV debate by killing a bill, already passed by the House, that would have cleared the way for the encounter by temporarily suspending FCC equal-time regulations. Dirksen pointed out that Senate Democrats, including Hubert Humphrey, had opposed a similar bill four years ago to permit debates between Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater -and had done so for the same tactical reasons. Dirksen might also have noted that when Humphrey was in the lead during contention for the Democratic nomination, he steadfastly refused...
...week began with a slapstick squabble over a bill to waive the requirement that radio and television grant equal time to all candidates. The waiver would have cleared the way for presidential debates among the major candidates-something that Hubert Humphrey wants and Richard Nixon, as the man with a big lead to preserve, does not. In their maneuvering over the bill the Democrats staged a lock-in in the House, and the Republicans held a sit-out in the Senate. When House Republicans conducted a 27-hour filibuster by insisting on time-consuming roll calls (45 of them, each...
...Action for Boston Community Development, the largest agency in greater Boston working in the poverty field. The Coop's advertising has been concentrated in Cambridge and the surrounding communities because this is our prime recruiting and market area. All of our Help Wanted ads include the statement: 'An equal opportunity employer.'" The only way the Coop is legally allowed to count the number of its minority group employees is by a yearly head count. As of March 1968, the Coop had 604 employees, of which only 44, or about seven per cent, were from minority groups...
...Some people say that when Nixon and Agnew speak of law and order they are using code words for racism. I would like to suggest a phrase that is clear and unambiguous: "Equal Justice Under Law," These immortal words are chiseled in marble on the Supreme Court. But I forgot; Nixon doesn't like the Supreme Court and what it stands...