Word: hawked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Among both the law's defenders and its opponents, some highly unlikely political coalitions sprouted. Its sponsors in the Senate included New York's Jacob Javits, a highly vocal dove in Viet Nam's latter years, and Armed Services Committee Chairman John Stennis, an unabashed hawk. Both men agreed in this instance that Presidents Johnson and Nixon arrogantly evaded their responsibility to consult with Congress about Viet Nam. The measure's opponents included Vice President-designate Gerald Ford, who argued that it would damage the President's "credibility" in handling international crises like the current...
...campaign should prove bitter, with hawks more hawkish than ever, doves more dovish. No one expects the voters to defeat the popular Mrs. Meir, a hawk who has constantly urged a tough stance toward the Arabs. Her Labor Party and the leftist Mapam Party, its principal ally in Israel's coalition government, should retain a majority of the Knesset's 120 seats...
...agreement might affect court cases and how Cox felt about it, the conversation was diverted to the Senate committee's problems. Repeatedly one of the White House participants pleaded: "The President needs a strong hand in order to deal effectively with the Middle East crisis." Ervin, a longtime hawk in military matters, and Baker, an ideological ally of the President's, decided to go along...
Neither Israel nor the U.S. has anything comparable to the SAM-6. The U.S. radar-guided Hawk missile, used by the Israelis, is effective against low-flying aircraft but vulnerable to jamming...
...Paterson, N.J., a woman came into the U.J.A. office to say that although her husband had given, she was donating her engagement ring. In Miami 92-year-old Mayshie Friedberg spent 100 hours during the week selling bonds. In Portland, Ore., children went out into the streets to hawk buttons and bumper stickers proclaiming: LET ISRAEL LIVE! In Boston some 50 donors a day offered blood to the Red Cross, even though no plea had been made. Said Herb Seplis, bloodmobile coordinator: "There are rivers of blood if Israel needs them...