Word: lessness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...GEORGE McGOVERN. The South Dakota Senator seems considerably less than galvanic, but in his brief bid for the nomination last summer as a stand-in for Robert Kennedy, it was clear that he was gifted with more outspoken political courage than either Muskie or Ted Kennedy. (He was one of the first Senators, for one thing, to oppose the Viet Nam war-in 1963.) He might yet find an impressive constituency among the young, this time as the substitute for another Kennedy. His appeal to the middle and right of the party, however, would almost certainly be small...
...terms of the overall respect in which Kennedy is held, the poll indicated no radical shift as a result of Chappaquiddick: 63% said that they held him in the same degree of esteem now as before; 5% said that they had more respect; 28%, less respect. Trial heats now in anticipation of 1972 would be meaningless in ordinary circumstances, but in this case they give an indication of Kennedy's before-and-after standing. In a new three-way match with Richard Nixon and George Wallace, Kennedy received 38%, Nixon 48%, Wallace 8%. A Harris survey in late...
...offer of a five-month extension was the best the Administration was likely to get. Agnew telephoned President Nixon in Thailand, won his approval for an attempt to force a vote on the surtax. Agnew then threw down the challenge to the Democrats and demanded that Congress pass nothing less than a full year's extension...
...when nuclear missiles stand poised less than 30 minutes from their targets, the ability of civilian and military leaders to communicate and command is crucial. Last week a House subcommittee charged that inefficiency in these vital areas sometimes renders U.S. forces impotent during sudden emergencies...
...went off the air entirely for seven hours. Apparently struck by a tiny meteoroid, the spacecraft lost its fix on the star Canopus and its directional antenna spun away from earth. A new roll-and-search command went up from Pasadena. Mariner 7 obeyed, and though performing at less than capacity, its radio functioned again...