Word: fightingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...once, McCarthy gave a brief, punchy speech. It was primarily aimed at his audience--he talked about the Pied Piper, rats running into the river, Hubert Humphrey's convenient deafness, all the standard lines to arouse those who had fought the good fight and gotten smashed...
...Window. The U.F.T. took newspaper ads to claim that its fight was really against "vigilantism, hate propaganda and terror in the schools." No doubt extremists in Ocean Hill had recklessly and needlessly inflamed the situation. No doubt the union had a point when it argued that its members stood to lose painfully gained job security if local committees were totally free to hire and fire teachers. Yet many New Yorkers were outraged by Shanker's own extremist rhetoric and by his arrogance in tying up the entire 1,100,000-pupil system over a dispute at one school...
...already pushing for a general 10% wage increase. Even so, the country displays a confidence that borders on cockiness. This month Sharef declared a 15% cut in tariffs, except for autos, and he has scheduled further reductions for January. By rather boldly opening its borders, Israel expects to fight inflation at home and at the same time test its industry against international competition...
...proxy fight doesn't insure democracy," Miller said last night, and added that in proxy elections, stockholders who do not vote are counted as supporting the regular slate. He said that he might instead draft amendments reducing the required percentage attendance for a quorum or requiring a proxy vote if there is not a quorum at the annual membership meeting...
...looks upon the fight against ROTC as a direct way to bring pressure upon the military to end the war in Vietnam. "Writing letters to senators and supporting peace candidates have proved to be ineffective," said Mark Dyen '70, a member of last year's executive committee. "With ROTC put off college campuses, the military would be substantially weakened...