Word: officialdom
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most obvious departure from the usual hack-packed New York mayoralty-campaign headquarters. But, beyond that, there was a notable shortage of G.O.P. professionals, big or little. To blur his party markings, Lindsay had asked all Republicans of national consequence to stay away. "I don't need officialdom to build me up," he said. "I don't think the public will vote for me just because a distinguished person says they should...
...spend less than a day in the U.S., but every second of the Pope's stay was planned, programmed and protected by harried officialdom. It was, after all, the first American visit by any Pope, and New Yorkers became so excited that the police broadcast hundreds of appeals to them to stay home...
Inevitably, also, officialdom squabbled and squirmed over charges that residents of the stricken area had been given little or no warning of Betsy's approach. The most authoritative critic was disputatious Dr. Edward Teller, of H-bomb fame, who was in the city for a speaking engagement five days after the hurricane struck; he noted that a well-run warning and evacuation system in Alaska had given residents ample notice of a tidal wave in the wake of last year's devastating earthquake. "Six people died," said Teller, "but the figure could have been hundreds." In fact...
...time being, at least−the volcanic fury had spent itself, and white officialdom slowly relaxed its tight vise on the area. By week's end only 1,000 National Guardsmen remained of the 14,000 who had been rushed in at the riots' peak...
...officialdom learn to uphold the law rather than abuse it. An innocent man in prison is no deterrent to the commission of crimes...