Word: hopelesses
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...EVEN in the United States, the source for much of the world's oppression, the desire for justice is not extinct. George McGovern went through a cycle in the 1972 presidential campaign; first ridiculed, then respected, the admiration turned to contempt again after he was written off as a hopeless loser. But for me, McGovern's finest moments came in those last few weeks of the campaign. He tried to talk about Watergate but I sensed that his heart was not really in it. As he frantically flew around the country in those last days he talked about Vietnam...
...given up hope that her husband would ever be found. Working the telephone, O'Neill lined up the support of 121 Democrats in three days and 190 by Thanksgiving. His only rival was Sam Gibbons of Florida, who quickly withdrew when he saw that the struggle was hopeless. Said Gibbons: "I know better than anyone that Tip doesn't have an enemy in the House...
...agreement also called for the creation of a National Council of Reconciliation and Concord (composed of representatives of the Saigon government, the Viet Cong's Provisional Revolutionary Government, and "neutrals") that would be the forerunner of a coalition government in Saigon. But attempts at reconciliation quickly degenerated into hopeless name-calling, and the council was never formed...
Though his cause was hopeless, Guimaràes thought the effort was worthwhile. The campaign gave him the opportunity to raise issues in public that would normally not be covered in the heavily censored press. Guimaràes spoke out against "arbitrary arrests and persecution, torture and violence." He called for an end to press censorship and lambasted the junta's refusal to allow Brazilians a direct voice in electing the President, observing that "people who are capable of working and paying taxes are also capable of voting." Surprisingly, the charges were printed in local newspapers...
...testimony against alleged killers in two other trials had led to reports that mobsters were offering $50,000 to have him murdered. Geraway, 37, would probably still be in that deadend fix were it not for Steven Duke, a quixotic law professor from Yale with a penchant for seemingly hopeless cases...