Word: power
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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SYLVIA KUSHEL Manhattan Sir: Getting rid of "Jewish Power" in the schools of New York will solve but one of poor John's ten plagues. Who will the other nine scapegoats be, pray? C. M. GLASSER Miami Beach Sir: Your gloom about New York reminds me of the Londoners who thought it was the end when the Hilton appeared on the Hyde Park skyline...
...Paprika Power Sir: Having followed the outcome of the Olympic Games since 1936, I conclude that the award for overall winner should go to Hungary. This small nation has maintained its No. 1 position, on a number-of-medals-per-capita basis, ever since Berlin...
...Your defining the vote as a "privilege" rather than a "responsibility" is an all too common error. By recommending endorsement of mediocre candidates, you are relegating your freedom to power-hungry party professionals the next time around. The evil man is the one who does nothing-nothing to protect this country from the "take for grantedness" of the cynics. Your complete misunderstanding of what McCarthy is trying to do only indicates that you, by your own apathy, not ours, will be a powerful foe to the next generation of leaders...
...state that snake handling [Nov. 1] is based on Jesus' words in Mark: 16. Modern versions of the Bible do not include these words in the text. The oldest Greek manuscripts do not include "snake power." Modern scholars generally agree with James L. Price of Duke University that "vocabulary, style, content and manuscript evidence support the conclusion that this ending is no part of the Second Gospel. Later scribes supplied it." The King James translators did not have access to these early manuscripts, so the words do occur in their version...
...income. Domestically, Nixon favors greater emphasis on private and local efforts to resuscitate the nation's blighted cities and ailing rural regions. He has advocated a mixture of "black capitalism," private investment, tax credits and Government loans to rebuild the ghettos. He emphasizes a similar dispersal of power away from the Federal Government in tackling poverty...