Word: nixonize
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...February 1970, Pusey said he would resign, two years earlier than had been anticipated. Pusey had presided over a time of unprecedented student unrest and political controversy. Following on the heels of the Vietnam War and the Nixon administration, universities around the country were experiencing revolutionary change...
...living Ashcroft is if Wilson announces in advance whom he intends to appoint should Ashcroft lose. The problem for Wilson, and the Democrats, is that the choices are few. The state's leading member of Congress, House minority leader Richard Gephardt, doesn't want the job. Attorney General Jay Nixon and former Senator Thomas Eagleton probably can't beat Ashcroft. The only Democrat with a shot at doing that would be Carnahan's widow, Jean. But since she also lost a son, Roger, in the crash - an aide to the Governor, Chris Sifford, also died - friends say it will...
...state some know only for its "lobsters and liberals," Cambridge has traditionally been a hotbed of progressive activism. Richard Nixon scoffed at the ideals of the city and its 'Crimson' institution, calling Harvard the "Kremlin on the Charles...
...Academy in Annapolis and could read over 2000 words per minute. But Carter's presidency was disastrous for the American economy. As ordinary people were subjected to high tax rates originally intended for the wealthy alone, unemployment and growth sputtered while inflation soared into the double digits. Richard M. Nixon's intelligence was recognized by California psychologists at an early age--Nixon was one of the "termites" in the famous "Terman Study"--but this didn't prevent the Golden State prodigy from undermining the Constitution and destroying the international monetary system. In addition, his bizarre scheme of wage and price...
...stark contrast, many of America's greatest booms have taken place against a backdrop of unimpressive presidents. Ronald Reagan's intellect was always held under high suspicion, yet Reagan knew enough to remove the confiscatory tax rates and inflation that were squelching investment and entrepreneurship under Nixon, Carter and Gerald R. Ford. The big posthumous tax cuts proposed by John F. Kennedy '40 made the 1960s the first decade without recession. Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge, both "do nothing" presidents not renowned for mental prowess, were the stewards of the great 1920s boom when GNP increased by more than...