Word: majority
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Despite his defeat, Edmund Muskie emerged as one of the most personable and articulate major finds of national politics since John F. Kennedy. His relaxed campaigning manner, understated Yankee humor and forthrightness in dealing with the issues won the respect of many voters who had barely heard of him only a month or two ago. In many districts, Humphrey probably slid in on Muskie's coattails; Muskie obviously could provide much of the leadership of the Democratic Party during the next four years. He faces a reelection race for the Senate in 1970, but in 1972 will surely...
...have been the reform of the Democratic Party -a cause that would have gained considerably more momentum if there had been no bombing halt and if Humphrey's defeat had been worse. As it turned out, the cause lost some of its urgency; McCarthy, instead of being a major voice for reform, became more than ever a voice crying out in a wilderness of his own making. He will undoubtedly retain much emotional appeal for his followers, but inside the Democratic Party his real power-always limited-to work change is greatly diminished. Outside the party, perhaps as head...
...faze Republican Jacob Javits, whose plurality exceeded 1,000,000. Among the easily elected conservative Republicans were Illinois' Everett Dirksen, New Hampshire's Norris Cotton, North Dakota's Milton Young, Colorado's Peter Dominick and Utah's Wallace Bennett. Vermont Republican George Aiken, who won the nomination of both major parties, had only one complaint: mostly because of the higher price of stamps, his campaign costs since 1962 have escalated...
...breakthrough in the Paris talks was a long time coming-and in the end it came after two major turning points, one that occurred in Paris and one in Washington...
...span completed only this year. Another attacked the bridge-dam at Nag Hammadi (pop. 20,000), whose lock controls the flow of water for irrigating upper-valley sugarcane fields. The third hit the nearby Nag Hammadi electric power station, one of the four major relay points between Cairo and the Aswan Dam. A short time later, all three units were lifted back to Israel, probably by helicopter. They left behind deep holes in the bridge and dam, and roaring fires in eight of the nine transformers built by Russia at a cost of $15 million...