Word: nixon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Mean Northeasterners. Recalling stereotypical apologies for the Ole South, Russell Baker admitted that it is "true, as the Nixon Republicans assert, that the Northeast is not representative of the U.S." But "even the meanest Northeasterner has nothing against the conservative who knows his place. Many Northeasterners, in fact, grew up in the care of conservative mammies. Many also had conservative daddies." What's more, he added, we "eat at the same table with them...
...Hoppe of the San Francisco Chronicle went to the future tense. It is January 1971, and President Nixon has just assessed the state of the Union. "Well, Chet, do you have an instant analysis?" "Yes, I do, David. I'd say it was the most magnificent, glorious, stirring speech since the Gettysburg Address. I think my biggest thrill came when he said, T want to make one thing perfectly clear.' I always get a thrill when I realize the President's going to make one thing perfectly clear...
...spite of President Nixon's tireless warnings that businessmen who bet on persistent inflation are bound to lose, the bets are still being placed. Wholesale commodity prices continued to rise at an estimated 4.8% annual rate in November. The index will almost certainly move up again this month because higher prices for nickel and lead were posted last week...
...middle of this week, the U.S. could face the worst labor trouble of the year: a strike by 15 shop unions against the major railroads. The indications last week were that a settlement would be reached in time to prevent the walkout. If the strike occurs, however, President Nixon will probably have to break his pledge to keep hands off union disputes and request special legislation to settle the walkout. Whatever the outcome, the U.S. has reason to be uneasy. Unions will have to negotiate new contracts for some 4,000,000 workers next year-in what seems certain...
Despite what the SSS would have us believe, you still can't. All the variable will still have their influence. The new lottery, m???. Nixon, eliminates all kinds of irregularities. It rectifies elitism and discrimination in favor of the rich and the students...