Word: idea
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...been planning a ten-day official trip to Washington and other U.S. cities with the double-barreled aim of bolstering his prestige at home and burnishing his regime's uncertain reputation in the U.S. Washington, mindful of the predictable demonstrations by antiwar zealots, was cool to the idea of the visit. Eventually, the expected Communist offensive afforded an excuse to Thieu for avoiding a prolonged absence from Viet Nam. Besides, Thieu's running rivalry with Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky made staying close to home a matter of prudence...
...about replacing Pompidou for a couple of years. He had, after all, kept Pompidou's predecessor, Michel Debré, for only three years, then dumped him once Debré had presided over the unpleasant business of granting Algeria independence-despite Debré's own opposition to the idea. The roots of the present events were struck in the May revolts, when Pompidou and De Gaulle had opposing ideas about how to bring France back to normal. De Gaulle wanted to hold a referendum on his participation scheme, which he felt would give the strikers and rioters the concessions...
...tide. "I really support the black cultural revolution," says Howard University's Stephanie Garrett. "Here they hold up the black woman and say, 'Look how beautiful she is.'" Other Negro girls are more leary. Huffs a Manhattan Negro career girl: "The 'black is beautiful' idea has affected very few Negro males. They still think that kinky hair and Negro lips are unattractive. A white woman is still a status symbol. It is for my brother. He married...
...Government has an idea...
...situation for Harvard students returning in the fall, Wallace admitted, "Right now we have no idea. There isn't too much long range planning. The fall is a million years away...