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...events into a delicate balance. At those moments, the acts of government may indeed influence, for better or for worse, the course of history. This is such a moment in the life of the nation. This is the moment for the Senate." So saying, Mansfield moved that his colleagues "proceed to the consideration" of H.R. 7152, a 55-page bill that embodies the most meaningful civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. At last the Sen ate's civil rights debate...
...attempt to rectify racial imbalance must proceed within the frameworks of the neighborhood school, Eisenstadt continued. He said the school committee will never consent to bus transportation of school children because it is far too expensive and is more "a disruptive than a unifying influence" in the community. "We want evolution, not revolution," he added...
McCarthy: Would Counsel, for my benefit, define, I think he might be an expert on this, the word "pixie?" Welch: "I should say, I should say, Mr. Senator, that a pixie is a close relative of a fairy, shall I proceed sir? Have I enlightened...
...Premier Castro...allowed the fishing boats to proceed into our waters and thus created an incident that would give him an excuse to focus world attention on Guantanamo by cutting off its water supply. His denials are refuted by monitored radio messages between the boats and Havana and President Dortico's broadcast announcing claims to the base at a time 'convenient' to Cuba...
...sense, Charles de Gaulle had once more had his way, but the victory really belonged to all Europe. The agricultural dispute was the last major internal test that the Common Market is apt to face for some time, and its settlement means that the Market can now proceed on two legs-industrial and agricultural-rather than the one on which it has been hopping. In fact, so unrestrained was enthusiasm over the settlement that the bitterness and mistrust caused by De Gaulle's brutal veto of British membership last Jan. 14 seemed finally to be dissipating...