Word: firmnesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...founders was his great-great-grandfather. His proper manner and the fact that he neither smoked nor drank led some fellow students to call him "the clean-clean boy." Upon graduation from Harvard Law School, Haynsworth returned to Greenville to join his family's law firm. Except for World War II Navy service in Charleston and San Diego, he has lived in Greenville since...
...having arranged a meeting last May between the SEC and representatives of the Parvin/Dohrmann Co., a manufacturer of hospital, restaurant and hotel equipment with interests in Las Vegas gambling operations. The purpose of the parley was to end the commission's ban on the sale of the firm's stock; six days later, the stop order was canceled. Subsequent investigation persuaded the SEC to bring the suit last week on charges that the price of Parvin/Dohrmann stock was being manipulated. The case raised the specter of high-level influence peddling through McCormack's office...
...Nathan Voloshen, 71. Ostensibly, Voloshen is a Maryland attorney with New York connections, but his real trade is opening doors in Washington. He was named by the SEC as the link between Sweig and Parvin/Dohrmann. For his services in making the connection, Voloshen received $50,000 from the grateful firm. When Parvin/Dohrmann Chairman Delbert Coleman sought the services of Voloshen, there was little doubt that he could produce. Voloshen's was a familiar face in the Speaker's suite, a fact attested to by Herbert It-kin, a Government informer in investigations of racketeering (TIME...
Persuasive Phrase. To a great extent, Park has earned the support that he enjoys. Since 1961, the country has enjoyed an unprecedented economic boom, with per-capita income rising from $85.20 to $134 in 1968. In addition, Park's firm stance in the face of threats from the hard-line Communist regime north of the 38th parallel has won popularity for his regime in security-conscious South Korea. The opposition campaigned on a slogan of "Freedom v. Dictatorship." In the end, however, voters were moved by the government's catch phrase: "A vote against Park is a vote...
That the choice is a personal one and that it does have political effects are the central points. Radical attacks on faculty research have been met with firm replies about the sanctity of "academic freedom." Professors steadfastly resist the notion that there should be political tests for scholarly work, or that students should have any influence on the direction of that scholarship...