Word: safe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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W.O.W. Who is Dan Evans? He's a Republican to keep an eye on. A Seattle-born structural and civil engineer, he began dabbling in precinct politics in 1948, and in 1956 agreed to run for the legislature from a safe district. By 1961 he was the Republican floor leader and he was considered to be one of the most effective parliamentarians in the house...
...Squalid Campaign." Early in his first speech as Prime Minister, Harold Wilson expressed his regret that Foreign Secretary Patrick Gordon Walker, who was unseated in last month's general election, could not take part in the debate (he will probably be re-elected from a safe Labor constituency by year's end). Stung by chuckles from the Opposition benches, Wilson looked up from his notes and tore into a vitriolic attack on his predecessor, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, as well as on Peter Griffiths, the Tory candidate who defeated Gordon Walker at Smethwick, a Midlands industrial suburb that...
...expected in so difficult a venture. A second spacecraft, Mariner D, is ready to go, and will be fired before the "window" (the favorable time when Mars is in an accessible position) closes on Nov. 30. If Mariner D fails too, Mars and its secrets will be safe for a while. Another window will not open until December...
...choose. One last-minute entry in this neutral rank was the New York Daily News-which up to last week had been neutral for Goldwater. The largest daily in the country is not known for its reticence; it gives its readers advice on everything from love problems to safe driving. But in the end the only recommendation that the News had for its readers was to vote...
...controversial "explanatory opinions" he forcefully supported the U.S. Supreme Court's school prayer decision, and he spoke out in a personally difficult situation against last year's boycott of the Boston schools due to de facto segregation. While adopting the politically safe course of not passing judgment on the racial balance of the schools, he ruled that children's parents were responsible for their attendance under any circumstances...