Word: outright
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Senator Anderson's proposal to modify the rule on cloture, by reducing the majority needed to end debate from two-thirds to three-fifths, has failed. From the start the proposal received remarkably unaggressive support from the liberals who sponsored it. They, and the outright opponents of the change, failed to recognize two things: first, that a government, though imperfect cannot afford to hamstring itself; second, that proper legislation is a necessary, if not sufficient, condition for effective civil rights...
...years the U.S. has been accustomed to lead the free world, and in that time Western Europe rose from the ashes behind a shield of U.S. men and money. France itself has received $9.5 billion in outright aid and $1.8 billion in loans since 1945. There have of course been disputes and differences of opinion, but until last week, no direct challenge of U.S. leadership. What the U.S. now faced was a proposal that Europe rally round France to create a third force in the world capable of dealing independently with both the U.S. and Russia. This had been...
...capital gains, Kennedy's package would trim the rates but stretch out the minimum holding period from the present six months to one year. He calls for outright repeal of some special-case provisions that presently clutter the income tax forms...
...January, 1961, President Kennedy invited Frost to read a poem at his inauguration. Facing a blinding sun, Frost was unable to read the script he had prepared and recited instead "The Gift Outright," a poem he wrote 20 years...
Expecting at least a token condemnation of Chinese aggression from its old neutralist cronies, India was, to say the least, disappointed. In New Delhi, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru received Mrs. Bandaranaike coolly after her ten-day sojourn in China, but did not reject her proposals outright. Nehru still hopes to gain time to build up his shattered armed forces. Too much delay, however, could try China's patience; still scratched on many buildings in the Himalayas is the ominous warning left by Chinese troops as they withdrew after last month's ceasefire: "We may have to return...