Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Protestant, or a Catholic. What I want is a man of vision and courage; a man who sees the world as it is today, not as it was 20 years ago; a man who is fired with passion, not for his party, but for humanity-a statesman, not a politician. If Sen. Jacob Javits [June 24], who happens to be a Jew, fulfills these requirements, I would be delighted to see him in the White House...
Some political observers feel that Attorney General Edward W. Brooke would not have won so easily if his Democratic opponent in the 1962 election was someone other than Francis E. Kelly. Kelly, an old-fashioned politician who advocates a sweepstakes as a means of revenue, was popular in the 30's but hasn't been able to win an election since...
...fact catches even an agile politician like Lyndon Johnson in a dilemma. He can act within a relatively wide range of alternatives, and be sure that the public will approve of what he does; but the same public will almost inevitably dislike the outcome. Since the Stanford-Chicago poll was taken the conflicts between the Ky government and the Buddhists, plus the steadily rising number of casualties, have discredited the President's policies. In the latest nationwide poll, only 47 per cent supported Johnson's actions in Vietnam...
...scholar turned politician may be a contradiction in terms, but for Edwin A. Reischauer, ex-Ambassador to Japan, the combination proved a felicitous...
...newly opened middle ground of Germany, the debate over Russian-imposed partition acquired new dimensions last week, in a bold speech by a key West German politician. With the unprecedented TV exchange between East and West Germany less than a month away, Christian Democratic Majority Leader Rainer Barzel, 42, outlined in the U.S. a blueprint for German reunification that went far beyond Bonn's customary frozen position...