Word: oppositionism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nor did his more moderate opponent, William C. Battle, evoke any vast groundswell of opposition. A colorless inarticulate friend of the Kennedys (he served as JFK's ambassador to Australia) , Battle carried the demeanor of another in the long line of bland Southern politicians.
Opposition
Despite their elaborate efforts to show opposition to and abhorrence of the Nazis, many Germans fear a return to the kind of chauvinism and unquestioning obedience which made the Nazis a power. The focus of this fear centers on the National Democratic. Party (NDP). a new party which the international...
An NPD vote of 15 per cent or more will shake the Germans badly. Though probably leaving the SPD-DDU votes undiminished it could eliminate the smaller parties in the parliament. It would leave the NPD the only effective opposition, with crucial swing votes if the two major parties should...
A large NPD vote would thus reinforce the Coalition, at least temporarily underlining a glaring weakness in the German governmental system. Germans have no effective loyal opposition and the government they have formed, though on the surface strong, offers dissenters no alternative other than to vote for an extremist party...