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Word: questionability (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Like the Old Nixon. There are indeed neo-isolationists in the U.S. who would irresponsibly withdraw American power and influence from everywhere on the globe, regardless of the consequences. But these are not really significant in the national debate, and they certainly should not be confused with "skeptics" who question U.S. policy. Responsible critics of the Administration advocate neither unilateral disarmament nor withdrawal from foreign alliances. They merely raise the questions of what are the proper tactics and what is the bearable cost of helping maintain world order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: DEFENDING THE DEFENDERS | 6/13/1969 | See Source »

Bite Them. The crucial question is whether most students can be kept from following the extremists. Bob Powell, president of the National Student Association, is pessimistic: "Attempts at persuading the university administrations to change over the years have, by and large, failed. The sentiment now is growing very rapidly that the only way to elicit a response is direct action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: YOUTH: THE JEREMIADS OF JUNE | 6/13/1969 | See Source »

...came relatively late, after Congress' Easter recess in April, and are just getting into the committee machinery. But on the social security issue, House Ways and Means Chairman Wilbur Mills has already let it be known that Nixon's bill is too small and that the whole question should be deferred until next year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: CONGRESS: THE LONG, SLACK SEASON | 6/13/1969 | See Source »

...states have been created from the territory of older states before. For example, in 1792, Kentucky and was West formed from Virginia - part also of from part Virginia of Virginia - in 1863. Mailer proposes that the first step, following his election, should be a city-wide referendum on the question of statehood for the city...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York: Mailer for Mayor | 6/13/1969 | See Source »

According to the official program, the leaders had come to consider "the most urgent question of our time?the tasks of the anti-imperialist struggle at the present stage and the unity of action of Communist and workers' parties, of all anti-imperialist forces." But the participants knew the real purpose of the meeting. Alarmed by divisions and defiance within Communism, the Soviet Union was out to salvage as much as possible of its once uncontested primacy over the movement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: COMMUNISM: A HOUSE DIVIDED, A FAITH FRAGMENTED | 6/13/1969 | See Source »

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