Word: furor
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...achieve school desegregation. Shortly before the Florida primary, however, a column in the Washington Post claimed that McGovern was on the verge of softening his stand on busing. The report was true; McGovern was considering a shift in position, but the Post's revelation caused such a furor among his supporters that he held back...
...first crack in the Baptist community appeared in 1960, after the All-Union Council, undoubtedly under government orders, sent a stringent Letter of Instructions to district superintendents. The instructions barred children from attending services, and told pastors to discourage baptisms of persons under 30 and to avoid proselytizing. A furor ensued, particularly in outlying areas where believers thought the All-Union Council was already too compliant toward the government. Many churchmen also resented having no voice in selecting council leaders...
Election Trap. The furor over the cost of food has caught the President in an election-year trap very largely of his own making. He can hardly ignore the protests of consumers. On the other hand, Nixon has pledged to give the nation's largely Republican farmers a break that they felt he denied them early in his Administration. Indeed, Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz. who was hired last fall to quiet a near-revolt by farmers over low prices, has gloated over their recent levels. Farmers have benefited substantially in recent months from deliberate Government policies. Butz has budgeted...
...Paris, Watson refused to comment. There was speculation that Nixon might allow Watson to ride out the bad publicity and then quietly submit his resignation after the furor has died down. It may not be that simple. Senator Frank Church has demanded that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee investigate the charges at once to determine if the ambassador is the right man to represent the U.S. in the broadening contacts with China...
...years later became a Communist. But Feltrinelli scored his only real success as a capitalist publisher. In 1957 he smuggled the manuscript of Doctor Zhivago out of Russia, and published it in defiance of intense Soviet and local party pressures. After the Zhivago furor, Feltrinelli drifted further leftward, becoming a financial angel of Italy's militant Maoists and publishing a revolutionary magazine called Tricontinental. When Italian police three years ago sought him for questioning about his open advocacy of violence, Feltrinelli went into exile in Austria-though he managed to slip in and out of Italy from time...