Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...yourself economy kit" with which each Congressman would trim 5% from federal projects in his own district. Michigan's Martha Griffiths captured the mood perfectly when she volunteered: "If the rest of you want to cut something out of your districts, I'll be glad to help." No one took up the offer. Silvio Conte of Massachusetts pointed to the "Capitol police falling all over themselves, elevator operators running automatic elevators." Even Arizona's John Rhodes, who as chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee had every reason to feel victorious, lamented: "There...
...intensifying the war, such as an invasion of North Viet Nam, he was 100% convinced of Washington's genuine desire for peace. In Washington, Laotian Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma declared during a White House luncheon that he, for one, was "grateful that you came to Indo-China to help us survive," for "if tomorrow South Viet Nam became Communist, all that would be left for us to do would be simply to pack up and go." Added the neutralist leader: "We are grateful that you came, as you came to France in 1917-18, as you came to Europe...
Another visiting Asian statesman, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, called for U.S. "patience, perseverance and prudence" in an effort that is designed, "in a world full of bears and dragons," to help the nations of Southeast Asia maintain their independence. If the U.S. were to withdraw too hastily from Viet Nam, he warned, internal subversion with outside support would quickly run Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore through the Communist "mincing machine." The President assured Lee that the U.S. "has the resolution and the restraint to see the struggle through." He added: "You have a phrase in your part...
...never take the other fellow's lines." Then Ronnie lapsed into supersincerity by saying that "the convention, the party and the people of the U.S. will make that decision. It is not relevant what someone's personal desires might be." Translation for first voters: "Can I help it if I'm the kismet...
...sole possession of reform credentials gone unchallenged. Specter switched parties in 1965 when Democratic leaders refused him the nomination for district attorney or state senator. To win he must attract other defectors, because Philadelphia Democrats enjoy a registration edge over Republicans of 560,000 to 370,000. With the help of an endorsement from the Americans for Democratic Action, he depicts himself as the true legatee of the progressive Democratic administrations of Joseph Clark and Richardson Dilworth. Specter's problem here is that Tate does not present a convenient conservative contrast...