Word: seek
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Moving into Birmingham in the first week of April, King and his group began putting their plans to work. Bull Connor, who had lost the election but refused to relinquish power, sent his spies into the Negro community to seek information. Fearing that their phones were tapped, King and his friends worked up a code. He became "J.F.K.," Ralph Abernathy "Dean Rusk," Birmingham Preacher Fred Shuttlesworth "Bull," and Negro Businessman John Drew "Pope John." Demonstrators were called "baptismal candidates," and the whole operation was labeled "Project C"-for "Confrontation...
...cold war? "My number one priority, my number one goal, my number one objective, my number one ambition is to try to provide the leadership for my country with vision, tolerance, patience and strength that will convince the rest of the world that we court no territory, we seek no satellites, that we are trying to live in peace and prosperity, and we would like for our fellow men everywhere to be able to do the same thing...
Running were Democrat J. J. ("Jake") Pickle, 49, a onetime Johnson congressional staffer and campaign aide, making his first try for office, and Republican James Dobbs, 38, a Goldwater enthusiast who resigned as announcer for a right-wing radio program sponsored by Texas Oilman H. L. Hunt to seek the seat for a second time. Last year Dobbs was the first Republican ever to run for the seat, ended up being clobbered by Incumbent Democrat Homer Thornberry, 42,000 to 25,000. This election came about because Thornberry, who had held the job since Johnson gave...
Fatal Flaw. Such a novel, if it is to be any good, must be a study in the nature of power and the behavior of those who seek it. Shakespeare set his great stage on this theme, but otherwise things have sadly changed. Uneasy still lies the head that wears a crown-the $80,000-a-year presidency. Nobody tells old President Edwards, due for mandatory retirement, anything he does not want to hear. He is even provided with the tragic flaw of the Shakespearean hero. He likes to pinch women's gloves from dime-store counters and file...
...Harvard Student Agencies may inaugurate its Radcliffe bus service at the beginning of next semester, John W. Harmon '65, organizer of the project, said yesterday. If the state approves the proposed bus route the HSA will seek to hire a bus and driver from the Metropolitan Transit Authority for a three-week trial period, Harmon said...