Word: power
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Abroad, the prospect of improved relations with the Soviet Union, a goal that seemed within reach in the mid '60s, has been set back by the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia. As a new Administration prepares to take power, Americans are questioning for the first time in a generation their basic role in the world community. Though the signs of plenty abound throughout the Western world, the chronic international money crisis threatens to produce political as well as fiscal instability for millions (see THE WORLD...
...Regarding such concrete power, students should not accept minority status on any group which makes the "social" decisions at Harvard College. (Passed...
There may be hidden reasons why Goodwin prefers to remain a power behind candidates. He is freer to maneuver and runs less risk of passing his political prime. But more immediate reasons become clear when you meet...
...sake of other values. "It's like putting a man on a window sill and asking him to fly," says Goodwin. "The old liberalism cannot establish communities; it can only build housing units. Liberals used to solving problems through centralization can't conceive of giving people more power in their lives...
...SLIGHTLY CYNICAL, Goodwin's solution may seem based more on faith than on sound strategy. Local regulatory agencies can hardly match the financial or legal power of corporations that value profit more than zoning, productivity more than preserving jobs. Regulation of corporate giants may require government that is equally powerful. Moreover C. Wright Mills may be right. Intertwined leadership in government and business may make impossible any serious regulation of industrial expansion. Further, to finance regulatory programs will require an active Congress. There is little hope of changing the conservative legislative balance so long as Congressional races are decided more...