Word: hint
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...retrospect, the first big hint of Lausche's political life expectancy came last year when the Governor's protégé, Cleveland's mayor, Ralph Locher, was turned out by Carl Stokes, first Negro to assume command of a major American city. As Lausche's reign crumpled last week, a new dynasty was dawning about the personable Stokes. His older brother Louis, 43, became the Democratic congressional nominee in Cleveland's 21st District by topping a 14-man field, with 28,680 votes to his nearest rival's 15,110. Lou Stokes...
Triple A-Plus. Only on rare occasions has Humphrey let slip the merest hint of differences with the White House. Once in a while, his old logorrheic fervor would earn Johnson's displeasure, as when in 1966 he commented on urban riots: "With rats nibbling on my children's toes, I might lead a pretty good revolt myself." He also called for a "Marshall Plan" for the cities when the White House was playing down big new spending programs. But generally he disagreed with few Administration policies. On Viet Nam, Humphrey has pressed for greater social reform, fewer grand search...
Before long, Harvard's enthusiasm for Indian education dwindled to a level which met the Indians'. Only a year after the College was built, President Chauncy began to hint that the building--empty most of the time--might be put to better use. A Harvard historian records that it was shortly being used principally "for to accomodate English scholars...
Pinnacle & Hint. By now, King was swamped with speaking engagements, whose peak perhaps was his peroration at the Lincoln Memorial. "I have a dream!" he cried, and it seemed his dream was becoming reality. King reached the pinnacle in 1964, when he received the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the 14th American, third Negro and youngest man to win the award...
Cleveland and Chicago. Already, during the Watts uprising, there had come the first hint of King's tenuous tenure. A young looter, asked if he thought Dr. King would approve, retorted: "Martin Luther...