Word: mindedness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Thus the Democratic bosses were understandably less than elated by the advent of a mayoral candidate who was both Negro and reform-minded, who deplored gambling, prostitution and crooked politics. Hatcher's presence jarred the Democrats so badly that in their primary last May, Mayor Martin Katz was challenged...
Delusion & Fraud. A compromise $2.7 billion foreign-aid bill, authorizing around $500 million less than the President had originally requested, finally emerged from the recalcitrant, economy-minded House. It very nearly died in the process. Iowa's truculent H. R. Gross came within five votes of relegating the bill...
The last two aspects of his talent are most in evidence in The Trials of Brother Jero and The Strong Breed, though the two one-acters rank among his lesser plays. Brother Jero is a broad spoof of a religious humbug, a con man of prophecy who lives by mulcting...
Fanning out across England, a group of Mao-minded revolutionaries tries to seize control of the communication centers. When one of them invades a radio station, an obliging engineer advises that the first air time available is three weeks from Monday. Another rebel bursts into the House of Commons gallery...
Most students consider the struggle worthwhile, since a university degree represents guaranteed access to a high-paying job. Anyone who graduates from Tokyo University has easy entry to any of the professions, biggest corporations or the top rungs of government. Seven of Japan's past ten Prime Ministers had...