Word: power
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Americans, in the historic traditions of this country, we avow Israel as a sovereign power in the family of nations, which sovereignty therefore must safeguard its own national interest on behalf of its citizens. America, similarly as a sovereign power, must also freely do likewise, unfettered in its foreign policy by pressures from communal minorities of Arab or Israeli ethnic sympathies, or motivated by empathy with their respective coreligionists...
...Justice compounded his own troubles-and the furor in Congress-by brushing off LIFE'S original disclosure of the Wolfson link with a preliminary statement that omitted so much that it was almost a falsehood. It was not until the FBI had quizzed Wolfson in prison-using the power of a grand jury to force his testimony and to give him immunity from prosecution in connection with it-that Fortas wrote a fuller statement, along with his resignation...
Beyond Fortas' personal agony, some saw in him the pathetic symbol of the Johnson years-that perhaps he was even representative of the old liberal era that began with the New Deal. Motivated by unquestioned humanitarian ideals, many such men nevertheless grew so accustomed over 30 years to power and influence-and the material goods both brought-that they believed they could do no wrong. Lyndon Johnson's self-righteous dismissal of his critics was not so very different from Abe Fortas' arrogant assumption that he had done nothing wrong in dealing with a man like Wolfson...
Though the whites shied away from his victory party, Evers' first message was directed at the men he had turned out of office. "Have no fear," Evers pledged. "We're not going to allow our power to abuse you or mistreat you like you've mistreated us. We're going to show you what love and working together can do." In reply, promises of cooperation came from Mayor Allen and a defeated white alderman...
Yorty has denounced Bradley as dishonest, a Black Power advocate and an associate of radical leftists. He has gone so far as to charge Bradley, a former policeman, with being anti-law enforcement because of his criticism of the police department's community relations program. The mayor, while accusing his opponent of a racist approach, easily invokes the race issue himself. "In Los Angeles," he says, "you don't have the mayor fighting with the police department as they are in Cleveland, where they elected a Negro mayor." The Los Angeles Times, arch critic of the mayor...