Word: idea
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...service conducted by his weekend guest, Evangelist Billy Graham. It was all very informal. Graham read a few verses from the Bible, paid gracious tribute to the Johnsons in a brief sermon, and later joined the impromptu congregation for coffee and small talk in the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden. The idea for the service was Johnson's. However, when he was told that no similar rite had ever been held in the Executive Mansion, he hastily clamped a secrecy lid on the entire meeting...
...been working toward my idea of a free university--a place where anyone, regardless of financial status, could take courses from plumbing to political organizing," he said...
Even so, he admits, Nixon has the right idea. "He does not need as much reorientation to understand black power as the old-time New Deal liberals do. 'What! Build up the ghettos,' they say. They don't believe us. They think we should try to escape, pretend our black skin is invisible. Now conservatives, they understand power. They know power is necessary before there can be negotiation. 'Do you have power?' they say. 'Good, then let's sit down and talk...
American colleges and universities have trained men for war since 1819, when a former West Pointer went up to Vermont to found a college (now Norwich University) where military instruction would be part of the curriculum. The idea gained popularity. During the Civil War, Congress voted to provide free land for civilian colleges that agreed to offer military instruction to their students. In 1916, this "land-grant" system of military training was transformed into the present-day Reserve Officer Training Corps...
...Arthur realizes that appearance is not reality. Old forms are dead forms if a living idea no longer animates them. Starved for a vital idea, Arthur hits on power, "an idea that can live in a vacuum." The rule of force is an idea simple enough for Eddie to grasp, and scarcely has Arthur assumed command of the household than Eddie strikes him dead...