Word: selections
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...confirmation. For some, it was merely a screen to hide their real concern. Some Republicans, hoping for victory in November, do not want Johnson to name anyone to the court for the remainder of his term, since that might deprive a G.O.P. President of the chance to select his own man. Many Southerners dislike the activist trend of the court altogether and see Fortas as a too liberal successor to Warren. As Mississippi's John Stennis complained, "He has clearly shown his alignment with the liberal bloc and has often provided the fifth vote in the all too numerous...
...constitutional provision or federal law says how American political parties should select their presidential candidates. The system has evolved almost by happenstance. Its processes, often contradictory and in some instances so convoluted that both lawyers and politicians are hard put to explain them, are a bewilderment of accretions. It is through a combination of primaries, party caucuses and state conventions that delegates to the national conventions are chosen...
...like all the best comedy, it has a serious core. And although the play was aimed at children--and with unerring skill, it should be stated--he could not, being Shaw, avoid infusing it with plenty of substantial meat for the adult populace. Consequently, Androcles belongs to that select body of works to which that overused slogan "wonderful entertainment for the entire family" really does apply...
...select a highly unrepresentative sample of students, project as reality the mood of befuddled old-style liberalism in the face of New Left propaganda, decide to trust the mythological student you create on a flimsy basis, namely his "awareness" and "commitment." You fail to give credit to conservative activist students, who outnumber S.D.S. members by more than 5 to 1. Further, you fail to mention that there are students who intellectually envision the solutions to "bureaucracy" and "dehumanization" in addition to the few whose inarticulate ravings and uncritical grasp of history dominate your pages. There are many among...
...isolated case; in fact, it symbolizes an upheaval that has churned the entire record industry since the advent of rock music. It began when the established record companies wanted to capture the new sounds for their labels, but found that their over-30 staff producers-the men who select songs, assign arrangers, hire musicians and supervise recording sessions-were not tuned in. As 46-year-old John K. Maitland, President of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Records, puts it: "Our Brooks Brothers suits couldn't link up with these hippie artists...