Word: republicans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...division of sympathies is complicated because each group has reason to fear the other. In the foreign press and the propaganda of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), the conflict in Ulster is often portrayed only as a struggle of a Catholic minority against an oppressive Protestant majority backed by the British government. In reality the struggle is that of a "double minority." It is both the Catholic attempt to secure long-withheld civil rights; in Ulster, and the Protestant desire to insure British identity in the face of the Catholic majority to the south...
...left The Big Apple with a quartet of Little Names in the running for the mayorality. At least there is some color--Barry Farber, a radio talk-show host with a Carolina drawl and a neat knack for hyperbole, has been busily stumping the ethnic street corners, tarring his Republican opponent, State Sen. Roy M. Goodman '51, in at least eight different languages. For his part, Goodman--whom Farber describes as "a Lindsay clone"--has waged a yeomanlike battle against the Conservative nominee's barbs on one side, and massive desertions from his campaign staff on the other...
...primary. Then comes the pitch for business incentives, hints of tax reductions, and the obligatory attack on the wasteful social programs of the Lindsay administration. It is an interesting litany for the knight of New York's liberal reformers, a pitch that might be heard coming from a Republican. A pitch, in fact, that is coming from the Republican--and from everyone else in the race...
...clearly in only one committee's logical domain and this duplication of jurisdiction sometimes is beneficial. Second, liberals were concerned that the consolidation and limitation of subcommittee membership would reduce leadership opportunities for junior Democratic members, who tend to support liberal causes and hire liberal staff. Similarly, some Republicans questioned the political wisdom of limiting minority (Republican) staff representation just as they lost the White House...
...Republican Club...