Word: rebellion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...third case of anti-establishment rebellion, the voters of New York state defeated the Rockefeller-Lindsay Transportation Bond Issue by a half a million votes out of 3.1 million cast. The bond had the support of the entire New York establishment--mayor Lindsay, Governor Rockefeller, the Times, the Post, Senators Buckley and Javits, the Chambers of Commerce, the contractors' association, the construction unions. Both Lindsay and Rockefeller said its defeat would mean the end of the 30-cent subway fare. It lost anyway. It was defeated because upstate voters didn't want to spent more money for highways or subways...
...this week's vote, Heath outfoxed Wilson with a brilliant parliamentary ploy. Both party leaders had insisted all along that their members heel to the party whips in the vote; each nonetheless faced the prospect of rebellion among followers committed to the other point of view. The Tories have an overall majority of 25 in the 627-member House, but Heath's party managers counted 30 certain rebel votes in their ranks, leaving the Prime Minister dependent on Labor votes...
...tired that they could no longer obey orders. The sleep-in failed, but it did focus attention on a brewing crisis in Israel. There have been so many strikes and demonstrations in the past few months that Premier Golda Meir has warned: "The situation is deteriorating into a rebellion, not by the Arabs but by our own hands...
Compact or Conflict? The immediate danger to Nixon's program is the threat of a rebellion by organized labor. Union leaders have been invited to help draw up rules for wage increases, but they simply do not trust a Republican Administration to give them sufficient increases and are balking. If they pull out of the program, forcing the Government eventually to proclaim wage standards by fiat?and still more if they authorize strikes or work slowdowns to win fatter pay increases than the Government proposes to allow?the nation will not get social compact but social conflict...
...little to help allies materially. Last Spring's slaughter in East Pakistan seriously hurt the credibility of the Chinese position that they would not behave as a superpower. China adopted a policy based on national interest over revolutionary ideology in letting their allies, West Pakistan, crush a popular rebellion. As China saw the alternative, a split Pakistan would have meant an Indian advance, pushing for an All-Bengalese state. With India so closely allied to Russia, China could not allow their "number one threat" to gain such a foothold. The Chinese have also been forced to adopt such a stand...