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...tried for the presidency once more in 1968, but again Nixon had pocketed the votes of too many delegates, and his rebuff of Goldwater still rankled with many. Beyond that, Rockefeller had been nationally wounded by a fellow liberal Republican, Mayor Lindsay. During the winter, New York City sanitation workers went out on strike. As mounds of garbage piled up on the streets, the irate mayor demanded that the Governor call out the National Guard to clean up the mess. Mindful of the disasters that used to occur when Standard Oil employed strike breakers, Rockefeller refused. Ignoring Lindsay...
Obscure Choice. The swift turn of events climaxed the most uncertain week in Lisbon since the April coup and came as something of a rebuff to General António de Spinola, 64, the soldier-hero who has served since then as provisional President and has allowed an unprecedented measure of political freedom. Spinola's choice for Prime Minister after Palma Carlos' ouster had been conservative Defense Minister Lieut. Colonel Mario Firmino Miguel. Instead, the A.F.M. chose one of its own: an obscure army colonel, Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves, 53, a left-leaning officer-engineer...
Many years have passed since then, but I'm still convinced that we handled the matter correctly. Moreover, I'm proud that we gave a sharp but fully justified rebuff to the world's mightiest state. There's an old Russian saying: Once you let your foot get caught in a quagmire, your whole body will get sucked in. In other words, if we hadn't stood up to the Americans, they would have continued to send spies over our country...
...Earlier, Japan had taken the view that Resolution 242 must be implemented in all its parts, including Israel's right to "secure and recognized boundaries," which in Israel's view allows for changes in the 1967 lines. Out of fear that it would look like a direct rebuff to Kissinger, however, the Tanaka Cabinet decided next day to delay its announcement for the time being...
Later in the quarter, Brown broke through the Crimson front wall to rebuff Stoeckel's punt and send it bouncing into the endzone. There Ron Watt covered the ball for the score...