Word: overwhelmingness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When Lyndon Johnson's tax bill was voted on by the committee in October, it was shelved by an overwhelming 20-to-5 margin: Mills pronounced it "dead," resurrectible only if the President would make some reasonable proposals to reduce spending. Fortnight ago, in his celebrated "new style" press...
First of all, on settling their own differences: President Kuanda of Zambia took the lead in announcing that he would mediate for negotiations between Kenya and Somalia on the Shifta terrorism, as well as providing safe conduct out of the Congo for the mercenaries--whom he described as "human vermin...
An Integral Part. Faced with the overwhelming evidence against him and depressed over the death of Che, Debray finally changed his story and, in effect, pleaded guilty. "I want to make clear," he told the court, "that this mission of mine to tell people abroad of the aims of the...
Many in the Philippines felt that Marcos needlessly imperiled his programs by tying them to the outcome of local elections, but the gamble paid off. When the votes were counted, Marcos had won an overwhelming victory. Filipino voters elected 50 Nacionalista governors, 1,050 Nacionalista mayors-including those of every...
Structured for Conflict. Judaism's second area of concern stems from charges by Black Power militants that Jewish businessmen are exploiting Negroes in the slums. Most delegates felt that such statements speak for only a small minority of Negro opinion, and represent not so much anti-Semitism as a...