Word: rejects
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...public response most clear-cut, the electoral majorities of the dominant party may be overwhelming. Although long voting habits may keep many who share the new majority viewpoint within the fold of the opposition party, in the beginning that party is commonly the haven for those who reject the new consensus. The leaders of this group secure control of the party machinery and position it vigorously against the views widely accepted by the majority of citizens, thus consigning it to the role of semipermanent opposition...
Jones is proposing that cadets be permitted to take two civilian half courses for credit. "We have a couple of alternatives in case officials reject this program," Maj. Robert A. Elliott revealed last night...
...long-term aid must be based upon Soviet actions. The need for U.S. aid would be just as compelling without any threat from the Soviet Union, and if under-developed nations get the idea that the U.S. is merely combatting Communism with dollars, they will take the dollars but reject the friendship that could accompany them...
...desegregation has done his cause (TIME, Feb. 20). Said he: "America is nothing unless it stands for equal treatment of all citizens under the law. And freedom is unfinished business until all citizens may vote and live and go to school and work without encountering . . . barriers which we reject in our law, our conscience and our religion. The Supreme Court has reaffirmed this essential doctrine . . . These decisions . . . recognize that a time for transition and compliance is necessary . . . but they do not recognize or permit repudiation or rejection of decisions of the court and of the people...
...Soviets Reject One-Man Rule...