Word: givings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...description of economics as "the dismal science." Asked by Editor Loeb to clarify a point during the discussions, Dr. Walter Heller, a former presidential adviser, smilingly replied: "I purposely left that a little vague. I was following the Alex Cairncross dictum. His first rule when making a forecast is: Give either a number or a date, but never both. His second rule is: Never underestimate the power of a platitude. His third rule is: When the President asks you a question, remember that he doesn't know the answer either...
...speech, Nixon abandoned the politics of conciliation, raising his voice to deliver a powerful, simplistic appeal, a personal plea to "the great silent majority" to back his Viet Nam policies and give him more time to carry out his chosen course. Three Presidents before him, said Nixon, had recognized the stakes in Viet Nam, and he did not intend to preside over a U.S. defeat. What he had done, he explained, was to begin "a pursuit for peace on many fronts"-including private proposals for a settlement that he initiated even before taking office, and a personal letter sent...
...history, that not everyone went along with the manipulated majority-but that is a sterile exercise in working out our own frustrations. The march is the social event of the season-but that isn't enough to justify the long drive (below the speed limit, so as to give no pretext for arrests...
This is one reason why demonstrators should avoid initiating violence during the course of Saturday's march. Violence will not help efforts at organizing uncommitted demonstrators for further actions, but may give Nixon's policies the massive backing they have been unable to win on their own merits...
...group fears that a widespread display of NLF flags at the protest and a disproportionate number of speakers supporting the NLF will give the public the impression that the peace movement as a whole favors an NLF victory in Vietnam, Ratner said. The group also is worried by what it sees as the strong possibility of violence at the demonstration...