Word: sharpness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gaulle was obviously bothered by his falling popularity. The latest public-opinion poll shows that only 55% of the French electorate approves of his policies-a sharp drop from 65% in June. It was understandable that his speech touched only lightly on two of his more recent decrees, which hold no promise of improving his standing. To bail out the nation's cumbersome social security system, which is $600 million in the red, French workers, he said, will now pay more taxes and receive fewer benefits. In addition, he announced, he has imposed compulsory profit sharing on all French...
...University of Mississippi Sociologist Columbus B. Hopper reports that only 10% of Parchman's 822 unmarried prisoners resent the husbands' privilege. Having studied the system since 1959, Hopper claims that Parchman's unique visits have kept marriages intact, bolstered prison morale and reduced homosexuality-all in sharp contrast to other prisons, where discontent and riots are often attributed to sexual tensions. Hopper adds that Parchman is hardly progressive in any other way; as a prison farm, it simply has more space for informality than conventional prisons with centralized cell blocks...
Opponents of the tax hike have two arguments: that sharp spending cuts should take priority over higher taxes, and that the economic conditions do not warrant the increase. In the first case, any spending cuts would come in non-defense areas which have the most pressing needs. Therefore to oppose the tax hike in protest to the war in Vietnam serves merely to desert vital programs. The President has made his opinion clear that the war, though costly, is vital to American interest. To disagree with this priority is admirable; but to disregard it is unrealistic and stupid...
...that he had the bigots and common-folk behind him; or that he was just plain nuts. Another train of thought-one that has included most Negroes from the start and is now growing rapidly-concludes that Maddox has not changed one bit. This view is supported by his sharp turn to the right in recent weeks...
...Mayor Yorty of Los Angeles. Yet I wasn't prepared for the real thing. Detroit reminded me of Germany after World War II. Still, scared as you are, you know you're alive. It's exciting. On Tuesday I was back sketching children. Such a sharp contrast . It was hard...