Word: explaines
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Kennedy had a good deal of trouble getting his dreams across. Most of the nation's newspapers seemed more anxious to catch his occasional slips, to dwell on his so-called "ruthlessness," than to explain--or even just to analyze--the thrust of his campaign. In their zeal to discuss Joe McCarthy and wiretapping, editorial writers somehow forgot that Bob Kennedy defended the right of Americans to send material aid to North Vietnam and fought bills to cut back the Supreme Court's landmark criminal procedure decisions. They refused to admit that the Bob Kennedy who relentlessly exposed the costs...
...engine started, the bus vibrated some more, and over the loudspeaker boomed the words "I don't care how you go, anyway you want to go is fine with me but straight up Huntington looks best." The swarthy one decided he'd better explain further: "This young man I have driving is learning how to drive the coach. I am instructing...
...most of the debate was merely dull, the end was positively demeaning. The candidates were given a couple of minutes apiece to explain, like high school sophomores seeking class office, why they wanted to be President. Both began by dutifully presenting their credentials. 'Tve had the experience," said Bobby, evoking his service as Attorney General and member of the National Security Council. McCarthy, who wound up with a more substantial Who's Who entry, cited his 20 years in Congress and his service on committees that are concerned with the whole gamut of U.S. problems, from racial relations...
Traditionally, Justices do not speak out publicly on issues that may come before them in court, but Fortas' purpose was not deflected by the precedent. He even overcame an ingrained dislike of the press to grant at least two interviews to explain his position further; this week he will appear on NBC-TV's Today show. "I had a feeling," he says, "that only one side was being presented, the side of lawlessness. On the other side was a kind of ideological demoralization...
...factor could explain France's eruption. The workers certainly did not go to the barricades because of censorship, the young did not rebel because of bad art or poor music. But all these things taken together caused the new mood in France, a crisis of attitudes. Ultimately what happened was the result of simply having too much De Gaulle. "Without me, this country wouldn't be anything," he once said. "Without me, it would all have collapsed. For years, I've carried France on my shoulders." No nation with any pretense to vitality can indefinitely be carried on the shoulders...