Word: questioned
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that the maneuver was just a gimmick and "the issue is closed." He explained that he was reluctant to debate Humphrey solely because George Wallace would legally have a right to share the platform, and he did not want to give the Alabama racist a boost. It remains a question, however, whether Wallace would have a right to appear if another candidate paid for the air time. Still, a great many voters believe that Nixon should debate this year, just as Johnson should have debated in 1964, and Humphrey last spring...
Gorey: Nixon, by contrast, is almost excessively organized, even in his mannerisms. If he is asked a question he has answered 100 times before, he gives an agonized expression, as if anguished about how to answer...
Fentress: Nixon has the brains for the job, and probably the discipline and understanding America's Government and place in the world. The question is: Can he lead? Can he gain the trust of the Negroes, whom he has nearly ignored? And the youth who have marched out of the hall? Can he avoid the excessive cleverness that can in the end wreck public confidence...
...raised at a single fund-raising dinner featuring Ted Kennedy. McGovern is investing almost a third of his budget in a door-to-door canvass to woo back the voters he needs. A skillful debater, he put another third of his funds into newspaper and television ads and question-and-answer appearances on radio...
...control measures, the first in 30 years, banned mail-order sales of firearms and ammunition. While better than nothing, they ignored the question of registration and licensing...