Word: labor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...almost every other way, the nomination nonetheless provoked an unexpected reaction, arousing more opposition in the Senate than any other court appointment since 1930?when Herbert Hoover's choice of John J. Parker was rejected by a margin of two votes. But Parker was denied the post because of labor and Negro antipathy. Fortas is opposed not for what he has done but for what he is: the choice of a man who will be in office for less than seven more months, and the President's close friend and confidant to boot. The appointment smacked of "cronyism...
...same way that he had put down Algerian terrorism), Pompidou calmly took over their responsibilities. Sleeping in snatches near his desk and eating little but snacks, he urged concessions for the dissident students when others counseled a show of strength. He hammered out an agreement that eventually ended labor's general strike, and he pleaded with De Gaulle to live above the crisis for as long as possible. When the President did proclaim his intention to stand fast in the dramatic speech that brought a beginning of order, he singled out Pompidou's heroic efforts: "I will...
...Asia. One of his adventures: he swam the Bosporus. Returning to Quebec, Trudeau fought against the decrepit, reactionary regime of Provincial Premier Maurice Duplessis. He wrote for an intellectual magazine called Cite Libre that helped bring a business and cultural boom to the province. He also worked as a labor lawyer and as an adviser to the Privy Council, later taught law classes at the University of Montreal...
...Metropolitan Students Union of Rio de Janeiro's Federal University. Last week, however, Palmeira led 25,000 people along Rio's Avenida Rio Branco in Brazil's largest public demonstration in four years #151; and those who walked with him included ordinary citizens, writers, professors, a labor leader and Roman Catholic nuns and priests. Thousands more waved signs and tossed confetti from office buildings. For the moment, at least, united in protest against Brazil's military-dominated regime, Palmeira's pessoal included a wide segment...
...Johns, since he had tangled with them himself during the war, was shot down, captured and twice escaped. That stiff-upper-lip quality endured-as one government official learned during a recent inquiry of the captain. Could Biggies be given a few socialist characteristics in order to help the Labor Party? "Of course I refused," Johns snorted. "Bigles has no politics. The damned cheek...