Word: sightedness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Was it also a political error? Barry Goldwater thought so, and immediately hurled the word "isolationist" at Johnson-giving back the label with which Democrats had bedeviled Republicans for two decades. "The eyes and ears of the entire world were turned to that speech," said Barry, "looking and listening for...
No Panic. Thus there was no reason to panic on that sunny Sunday last week when Maddox lookouts sighted three Communist torpedo boats near the island of Hon Me (see map). The destroyer merely continued north on its patrol, and in due course made a leisurely turn and headed back...
Twenty hours after he had left Washington, the President and his family arrived back safely. No unfriendly planes had been sighted.
As for Mann's four points, they sin more by omission than commission. There is no mention in his speech of the struggle for economic reform and social justice to which the United States pledged itself at Punta del Este. The agrarian reform and changes in tax structure which are...
This is not to say that the President's message is unimpressive, for it is a thoughtful document deserving of Congressional action. But unfortunately the vision is neither as broad nor the goals as far-sighted as they should be.