Word: hawkishly
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Neither sets the hustings afire. Bellmon runs as a folksy, somewhat hawkish conservative. Monroney cogently defends Administration policies on the war, farm problems, gun control and the cities, but in a colorless style that tends to tune out his audiences. While both men are uncommonly shy for politicians, Bellmon drives himself through a saturation-handshaking pace. His key tack is the charge that Monroney has lost touch with the red-dirt prairies and hills of home...
Political squabbles, economic pressures and social problems add to the government's burden. The Assembly, a hawkish group of men mostly from a middle class that stands to lose more from peace than the war-weary peasantry, distrusts Huong. Assembly members consider him soft on the issue of negotiations with the Communists. A Lower House deputy, Tran Quy Phong, recently threatened that "if Huong's government seeks a compromise with the Communists, it will be overthrown by the people." Inflationary pressure has mounted. Since Tet, the government has issued a billion piasters ($8,500,000) in new currency...
When the votes were counted, Fulbright totaled 218,222 v. 194,081 for his foes combined. Asked what conclusions President Johnson might draw from the outcome in a supposedly hawkish state, Fulbright grinned and said that it proved he was right: "The majority support my stand on Viet...
...least popular resolution was sponsored by Fairbank and Professor I. Milton Sachs of Brandeis. Their position, the most "hawkish" of the four, called upon the U.S. to "de-emphasize bombing and reliance on firepower in general, and to greatly and rapidly increase our support of political and social programs through military 'clear and hold' operations rather than 'search and destroy' missions...
NEBRASKA, May 14. Here Johnson may gain his first unsullied victory of the year in a directly contested race. The state is markedly hawkish, the Democratic regulars seemingly loyal. Last week former Governor Frank Morrison took over leadership of the Johnson campaign organization. The anti-Johnson sentiment seems too slight to support one challenger, let alone...