Word: givees
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ills that beset U.S. cities have caused some able mayors to give up: they have announced that they would retire voluntarily as their terms expire this year. Yet in this fall's mayoralty elections, there is no shortage of bold - some would say foolhardy - politicians eager to succeed them, while elsewhere embattled incumbents campaign desperately to retain their posts...
...theme is consistent. The recommended code, if adopted, will give judges more discretion to deal with cases on an individual basis...
...have resolved to bear the cross upon my back once more for the nation, forsaking my own personal comforts." With those words, South Korea's President Chung Hee Park earlier this month launched his campaign for a constitutional amendment that would give him a third four-year term. Any similarity between his plight and the march to Calvary, however, was purely coincidental. From all reports, Park has been quite comfortable in the "Blue House," Korea's presidential palace...
...circle. In a controversial referendum, 11.1 million South Koreans voted by an overwhelming 2-to-l margin to amend the constitution so that he might seek a third term in 1971. Since Park held power for two years before he was first elected in 1963, a third term would give him a total of 14 years in the Blue House, two more than Rhee served...
...outcome of the referendum was never in doubt. "The only place they will give us to hold our rallies is a riverbed or a mountainside," complained New Democratic Assemblyman Yil-Hyung Chyung. "They have all the best places. People are even afraid to rent us loudspeaker equipment." Other opposition leaders charged that the Park forces were handing out money, shoes, food and other presents. The students remained docile not only because of the unspoken threat that their relatives might lose their jobs, but also because they found little support among the people...