Word: impacting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Fail Safe is too absurd to be realistic, and too simple minded to be a commentary on world politics. Its only traces of realism are recognizable titles and place names, like President, 20 megaton bomb, and Moscow. The story would have lost all its impact if a fictitious city instead of New York had been destroyed. Perhaps a bombing of Hollywood would have been more appropriate...
Professor Silver notes briefly the role of the state legislature in enforcing conformity through its laws. Yet he fails to assess adequately the possible impact of political reapportionment or a large-scale increase in Negro voters. He also neglects the rest of the governmental hierarchy, especially local officials like the county sheriff, who form the foundation on which the closed society rests. The State Sovereignty Commission, which investigates subversive activities like civil rights, appears only in a footnote...
...Pleased to see that you are aware of the impact of Justice Black...
Johnson has proven his ability to get things done. Regardless of how one assesses the impact of President Kennedy's death on the Congress, Johnson's skill in passing twenty-four of thirty "must" pieces of legislation is unquestioned. His sense of the possible is remarkably true since he never flinched in his support of the two major bills, Civil Rights and the Tax Cut. His ability to conciliate when necessary enabled him to settle a threatened national rail strike without compulsory arbitration, a feat which had eluded countless negotiators. And his sense of direction may be inferred from...
...prophet. By polling a given number of people, Harris said, he can determine how the country feels about an issue at the time the poll is taken. In a situation where feelings change rapidly, however, polls cannot be taken close enough to the election to reflect the full impact of the changes. Harris and Dr. Gallup were able to predict in New Hampshire that a trend was running towards Lodge, but they underestimated it. The same was true of the Goldwater trend in California...