Word: idea
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...junta is thus trying to extract a big vote for the constitution with the positive stimulus of their propaganda barrage. They are also using the negative idea, which is really a thinly-disguised threat, that a "No" vote would result in a stricter alternative. The ruling clique is suppressing all dissenting opinion, and commanding a network of spies and informers throughout the country. Finally, they are capitalizing on the captive vote of soldiers, civil servants, and teachers--all of whom are under the junta's thumb...
...idea of investing money in high-risk, low-return areas has merit for individual investors,"Calkins added. "I think that to put some money where it will do some good will appeal to many people...
Northerners have the luxury of this speculation because they still believe -- somewhat subconsciously -- in the idea of Separate-But-Equal. Few whites can really believe that Southern hatred could extend so far as to deny little children a good education. A black man in the South, hearing that, would laugh. Because Separate-But-Equal is a farce...
...been. Because a black kid who was theoretically "free" to choose his school could be convinced in a lot of ways that he shouldn't choose the white schools. Teachers and students could make it pretty miserable for pioneering black students. If that did not give them the idea, employers and merchants could subtly let black parents know that their economic future would be brighter if their children "chose" the black schools...
...Johnson himself, who last spring seemed to want to end his troubled term by producing a peace settlement, now seems obsessed with the idea that historians may term him the President who "made concessions to the Communists." And so, unmindful of any developments in Paris, he seems determined to order the continuation of the bombing of North Vietnam up until the morning of January...