Word: politicians
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Defying the longtime policy of the Christian Democrats, Brandt called for recognition of the disputed Oder-Neisse line as the legal border between Germany and Poland; he thus became the first German politician to publicly cede the former German territories given to Poland by the victorious Allies in 1945. Brandt also differed with the Christian Democrats on the subject of the nuclear nonproliferation pact, asking for a quick and enthusiastic West German endorsement of the treaty. And, for good measure, he attacked the wait-and-see policy of the Christian Democrats toward the rightist National Democrats. Demanding an immediate constitutional...
...more than two-thirds in a campaign based on local strength. This may seem surprising. After all, it is exactly this smoke-filled room influence in which Kennedy is supposed to be so superior to McCarthy. Yet he cannot unite his adopted state behind him. For a nationally prominent politician, Kennedy has too many gaps in his state machinery...
...solution for ending the conflict is "a tolerable political arrangement that would permit honorable disengagement of U.S. troops as quickly as feasible." This suggestion is one of the most sophisticated positions any politician has taken openly, since it amounts to American withdrawal masked by a face-saving political agreement. Gore admits that his proposal would involve humiliation and even a sense of defeat for "our leaders and our people," but he points out that the only alternative is a "historic catastrophe...
KENNEDY is said to be consummate behind-the-scenes man, a reputation deriving largely from his masterful work for brother John in 1960. Public opinion polls of the last year and a half suggest he is also a popular as any politician has a right to be. So it shouldn't be any great leap of the imagination to view him as virtually the ideal candidate, a one-man combine of the goods and the ability to sell them...
KENNEDY's record, in fact, is as significant as his ability to mobilize workers, raise funds, and attract votes. He is the one politician of national stature who can make a convincing case to black Americans that he will fight for them in the White House. He has been active in condemning pervasive racism, demanding massive federal income redistribution programs, and encouraging private investment in the ghettoes. If there is hope for a non-revolutionary solution to the mushrooming black bitterness in America, it lies with Kennedy...