Word: extremist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Faubus' talking about mundane issues is a startling sign, it is only because he believes that he needs a new image. By insisting that he was never an extremist on either side ("I am not a captive of any extremists of any viewpoint"), he is countering the welter of criticism with considerable success. He stands an excel lent chance of winning a majority in next week's primary or, if not then, in a runoff election that would probably follow. Old Tiger Faubus may have lost his teeth, but in Arkansas there seems to be no lion...
...flags lay a new threat to the tortured country. Now that the terror campaign waged by the Secret Army against the Moslems had at long last subsided, the Moslems began to fight among themselves, haunted by the familiar specter of all successful revolutions: fratricidal war between the moderate and extremist wings...
Although concern for national appearances may sound somewhat callous in light of the more obvious moral shortcomings of the segregationists' plan, it is still hard to ignore the effect that publicity of this development will have abroad. Eventually, however, the Southern Whites will suffer most from this new extremist brainstorm. They are postponing any kind of real solution to problems that will become more and more severe and which they will finally have to face squarely...
Faubus' major opponent is Little Rock Attorney Sidney McMath. 49, who was Governor from 1949-53. A former Faubus ally, McMath split with the Governor by criticizing his extremist tactics in opposing school integration in Little Rock in 1957-58. Besides McMath, Faubus will have to contend with five other candidates in the July primary, including another friend turned foe: Segregationist Dale Alford, 46, who was elected to Congress in 1958 in the stormy aftermath of the Little Rock crisis. Plainly, segregation is going to be a primary issue. This is unfortunate, since 48 Negroes now attend three Little...
...Shah should be condemned as archfiends, nor should one or the other be exalted as a paragon of virtue. Criticism is certainly desirable but it should be constructive, and calling names serves little purpose. I hope Iranian students in this country, who hold many views, will avoid extremist positions, and rather study and work for the welfare of their country, so that Iran and all its admirable traditions will flourish long after they, Dr. Mossadegh and Mohammed Reza Shah are gone. Richard N. Frye Aga Khan Professor of Iranian