Word: rule
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...audience of high school and college editors in New York, the Vice President answered the rote objection that the Saigon government is unstable, undemocratic and unpopular. "For many centuries," explained Old Teacher Humphrey, "the Vietnamese people lived under mandarin rule. Then came generations of colonial domination followed by 25 years of almost constant warfare. This is stony soil for democracy to grow in." He noted by contrast that there had been little protest from liberals over U.S. support for Greece during its struggle against Communist insurgency in the late 1940s. Yet, he pointed out, Athens' governmental gyrations in that...
...Governor, meanwhile, is cruising around the state as if the election were tomorrow, and looks hardier day by day. Though unloved for imposing the highest state taxes in the nation, he can point to an impressive record. During the eight years of Rockefeller rule, New York has made bold, pioneering advances in housing, education and conservation. Putting the telescope to his other eye, Nelson Rockefeller will undoubtedly descry the Great Society within the Empire State...
...failures of the state's Democrats have included their unwillingness to aid Boston, to follow the principle of home rule, to support metropolitan planning, to exercise restraint in doling out patronage plums, or to pay for the costly programs they have supported...
Pomp & Pole-Axes. Interrogation and trial were cruel and cursory. The accused was haled before a bishop for a hearing at which little was heard, as a rule, but the bellowing of the bishop. Even so, the accused sometimes gave as good as he got. Cardinal Wolsey: "What, Mr. Doctor, do you think it more necessary that I should have golden shoes and golden cushions because I represent the king's person, or to sell all these things and give it to the poor, which will piss it against the wall?" Dr. Robert Barnes: "Give it to the poor...
...articles then focus on problem situations within Africa. Hugh Polk '66 and Clive Kileff '66 discuss the attitudes of White Rhodesians toward both their country and majority rule. Fred Akuffo '66 attempts to analyze Ghana's progress under Nkrumah, and to outline the plans of the new government. A "miscellaneous" article by Stephen Cobb calls for a re-definition of the role of the American government in issuing passports, a controversy arising from the travels of Staughton Lynd. The three book reviews are intriguing, but not directly related to the African theme of the Review...