Word: reporter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE DOUBLE-HEADER (NBC, 2 p.m. to conclusion). The Buffalo Bills v. the Kansas City Chiefs at Kansas City, followed by the Oakland Raiders v. the San Diego Chargers at San Diego. The NBC News Sunday Report is sandwiched in at half time...
...example-the legislative branch has overshadowed the executive; at other times, particularly during a war, the White House has been predominant. Most of the 20th century has seen the President in the ascendancy. Last week the Senate Foreign Relations Committee attempted to redress the balance somewhat, approving unanimously a report calling for a congressional curb on the President's power to commit the country to foreign military ventures. Quoting authorities ranging from Supreme Court Justice (1932-38) Benjamin Cardozo to Napoleon Bonaparte, William Fulbright's committee condemned what it called "the dangerous tendency" toward presidential supremacy in foreign...
Taken literally, the committee's report probably would mean chaos for American foreign policy. Taken as a starting point for debate-and Fulbright has said that he has no immediate intention of putting the matter before the full Senate-it might be the signal for a healthy airing of differences between two of the major branches of U.S. Government. It can hardly help figuring to some extent in the 1968 campaign. Since it is merely an indication of sentiment, it is unlikely to cause Johnson any sleepless nights. Its strong language and bipartisan support might, however, induce some thought...
...vote dictum until the 1972 election. Kennedy first promoted passage of a Senate version separate from the House's, and when all five of his fellow Senators on the joint conference committee opted for the House bill, Kennedy defied tradition by warring on the conference committee report. The Senate backed him, 55 to 22, a notable personal triumph. Yet he made no enemies in the process. "He isn't sneaky," says one of his adversaries. "He isn't a wise...
...slur was enough to make every Cornhusker huff-if not puff. In a lengthy report on U.S. marijuana laws, the Wall Street Journal last week reported that the green-flowered cannabis weed from which "grass" is produced "flourishes in temperate climates; one botanist estimates that 17% of the field foliage in Nebraska is marijuana." Replied outraged Nebraska agronomists: "Utterly ridiculous . . . absolutely crazy . . . silly...