Word: grouped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Gorey: Humphrey seems psychologically incapable of being on time. The reason is talk-whether to a group, a person, even a dog. He can't leave until he has indulged in verbal overkill...
...place of scorned Abe Fortas. Johnson decided against submitting another nomination, but insisted that Congress act on the nuclear treaty before adjournment. The Senate, as it has frequently done during the session, ignored the President and pushed for adjournment. The House, however, was prevented from following suit by a group of liberal Democrats who hoped to keep both chambers in session until the TV-debates bill could be approved. They thereby succeeded in prolonging the life of the 90th Congress at least until this week...
...Negro lawyer in St. Louis, was suddenly struck by the thought that every residential city block forms a potential human team to press into social action. On this inspiration he built his Block Partnership program, which unites the residents of a black ghetto block with a white civic-action group. These two sides discuss and tackle all kinds of problems, ranging from jobs to plumbing. In three months, Bourgeois' program has proved so effective that he was invited by Mayor Jonsson of Dallas to help set up the same operation there. The key, says Bourgeois, is involvement. "You establish...
...says, "is giving welfare recipients the self-confidence to stand up to the county social workers as equals instead of doing whatever they say, like dogs. We make sure our members understand the welfare laws and know what's coming to them " When that is not enough, the group sues the county -and has successfully forced it to heed its own welfare rules in case after case...
Even if the group's takeover bid succeeds next week, the Coop appears unlikely to change very much. The movement to change the system from within, however, has at least raised some serious questions about the Coop's social responsibility. Whoever governs the Coop for the next year cannot help knowing that pressure is now on to reevaluate some of the Coop's basic employment and community policies...