Word: risks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...then, his party split, go on to lose to a Republican in November. This prospect does not bother the Administration one bit. To get rid of a Southern Congressman who, by reason of seniority, has stood as a formidable roadblock to Kennedy programs, the Administration is willing to risk a Republican taking over-at least for a couple of years, after which the Administration would hope to win the place back with a Democrat more in its own image...
...warned, moreover, that beneath the patience that characterizes Russian foreign policy there is a "constant probing for opportunities to expand Soviet power wherever it can be done without excessive risk." The West, therefore, can count upon Soviet moderation and restraint "only to the extent that it is absolutely clear in keeping the Soviets informed about where caution must be observed." "This in turn," he said in passing, "requires Western leaders to be absolutely clear in their own minds as to the boundaries of Western interests...
...referred to one Eagle picture as The S. T. Ranger, suggested that Z. A. Nuck and L. U. Bitsch follow Sam's lead. But Spiegel played the game for twelve years, relinquishing the gag only when Director Elia Kazan told him On the Waterfront was good enough to risk his real name for. Variety headlined the news: THE EAGLE FOLDS ITS WINGS...
Running a Risk. The drive for fringes at the expense of take-home pay goes on. As they go into contract negotiations major unions now have their eyes on longer vacations, shorter weeks and more holidays. Unions also want "portable pensions" that permit workers to change employers and still keep their benefits, as some construction workers, boilermakers, teamsters and sailors already can do. One goal, says Al Whitehouse, the Steelworkers' Cincinnati district chief, "is to get pensions up to the same level that a man makes when he is working.'' Such extremes have brought a pay situation...
...novel, Carrington, Straight mines and mourns U.S. behavior to the Indians during the often bloody westward expansion at the close of the Civil War, Carrington was a small masterpiece; Remnant is not so successful, but its heroes are the same: those few white men who had the courage to risk unpopularity to deal honestly with...