Word: repeals
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...candidate of the left," Mitterrand, 49, united Socialists and Communists behind him-a rare alliance in France. He scorned le grand Charles for his autocratic ways, called for more attention to domestic needs, less disruptive isolationism in French foreign policy. About the only original measure he proposed was the repeal of a 1920 law forbidding the use of contraceptives by women-a pitch designed to cut into De Gaulle's massive popularity with French females. Wherever he went, Mitterrand's crowds were larger than expected, and he tailored his approach to his audience. Small townsmen he lectured...
With Collins applying public pressure, Mrs. Hicks would become the beleagured, last-ditch defender of the "neighborhood school," hoping to gain control of the city's finances in order to save the little white children of South Boston. Another road to profitable martyrdom would be a losing fight to repeal the Imbalance Bill...
...Crow will produce some very fundamental changes in this society. If the vote becomes a reality to the Southern Negro, for example, it would destroy the Dixiecrat-Republican conservative coalition that dominates Congress, and allow the passage of key legislation (such as genuine home rule for Washington, D.C., repeal of section 14B of the Taft-Hartley law, and so fourth). However, for the Negro, as for the white worker, full economic freedom and security can only be achieved under socialism...
...labor, the moment of defeat approached last week, as Minority Leader Everett Dirksen's anti-repeal filibuster droned into its sixth day. Though the House had voted for a repeal bill in July, and a majority of Senators (at least 55) nominally opposed 14(b) for various reasons, sentiment on both sides was curiously muted. Several staunchly liberal newspapers actually opposed the bill. "There is much to be said for letting the states continue to experiment with varied statutes of their own," editorialized the Washington Post, "at least until a national consensus emerges." As of now, according...
...cake was baked by Wallace's ambition to run as the conservative candidate for the presidency in 1968. To further this aim, he decided, he would need a second term as Governor (TIME, Oct. 8). Summoning his usually docile legislature into special session, Wallace introduced a bill to repeal a 64-year-old clause in the state constitution that expressly bars the Governor from succeeding himself...