Word: seenes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Stokes and Hatcher were both born in the slums, both reared in grinding poverty. While they embody the Negro's quest for social recognition and economic advancement, they ran and were elected on their ability to represent the entire community. They have shown a sophistication and professionalism rarely seen in Negro campaigns. Further, as big-city mayors, they break the tradition whereby most Negro politicians have been forced to settle for legislative or judicial office. Running a city is one of the most demanding jobs in American politics, and one that more intimately affects the day-to-day lives...
...this leads to the point that the issues must be seen on their intrinsic merits. This surely will not mean a total retreat from the world, that enchanting idyll of no known past. But here and there disengagements from some present undertakings should not a priori be foreclosed. On the other hand, reconsiderations may issue in more strenuous efforts at openness, particularly in the policy sciences and their research centers. Conscious receptivity to destructive criticism of conventionally accepted limits n policy can after all well be defended on both intellectual and pragmatic grounds...
...Another thing is that federal programs eat up a lot of money in administrative costs. We've seen programs spend half their money on administration...
...turn out this year was the finest I have ever seen at Harvard," Marion said. "In the past I have had to work with inexperienced teams, teaching basics from scratch. The strategy has been to hope that four years of training would develop a talented and experienced varsity...
...Boston weekend amply demonstrated the senator's determination. It remains to be seen whether he can put together a professional organization which will aggressively push his candidacy. It is, as Galbraith observes, a long chance. McCarthy now says privately he is going to try to go all the way. Given the right campaign, he could literally win. --PARKER DONHAM...