Word: maining
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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CERTAIN at last that he had found the formula for victory, Richard Nixon began his campaign last week in a mood of hyperoptimism. Indeed, at the start of his drive, the Republican nominee's main concern seemed to be that his forces might become too cocky. Even that eventuality, however, was being taken into account in the careful Nixon manner. "I think we started the campaign definitely on an upbeat note," said Nixon. "But we've got to keep it that way. There's no overconfidence in this crew this time...
Agnew's missteps, however, were only minor in an otherwise smooth start to the nine-week campaign. Beside the danger of overconfidence, not a very serious worry, Nixon's main course for nervousness was what politicians are now calling "the Wallace factor." While Nixonites say optimistically that Wallace's strength will soon ebb (see following story), they are coppering their bets, talking less now about a "Southern strategy" and more about a "big-state strategy." Even if Wallace does take Southern states that the Republicans had hitherto counted on, they reason, Nixon can still win handily...
Whatever minor themes develop, the main thrust of the Nixon campaign will remain the same: safety and security. Going from Chicago to San Francisco and Houston-where he sounded perhaps his most conservative tone yet in a speech to an enthusiastic, conservative audience-Nixon used both as a constant refrain. "What the American people want is no departures," says the aide. "They want peace abroad and peace at home. Solutions will not come from radical departures. Nixon is safer...
...treads in the first days of the invasion. On the spot where the bloodied clothes of a slain 14-year-old had lain surrounded by candles, city workmen emplanted rows of blooming red salvias. Then a water truck sprayed the flowers, finishing the job of converting Czechoslovakia's main shrine to its martyrs into just another bit of cosmetic civic landscaping...
FROM the very outset of the U.S.-North Vietnamese negotiations in Paris four months ago, the main obstacle to progress has been the issue of the continued bombing of part of North Viet Nam. Hanoi's representatives have adamantly clung to their long-held demand that the U.S. must stop bombing their territory before anything else can be discussed. The U.S. has persistently and unsuccessfully asked for assurances that Hanoi will reciprocate with some kind of de-escalation of its own once the bombing is stopped. No such assurances have been forthcoming. The result is that the talks have...