Word: silents
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first six months after his presidential defeat, Richard M. Nixon remained politically silent, resting up after the exhausting campaign and re-establishing himself as a California lawyer. But last week Republican Nixon returned to the political platform, beginning a four-day series of speeches in four states. His first talk, before Chicago's Executives' Club, was one of the most eloquent and effective of Nixon's political life, staking out a. badly needed Republican foreign policy position relative to the messes in Cuba and Laos. Excerpts...
...situation is entirely different in the period when policies are developing and before a final decision is made. President Kennedy, speaking on September 20, 1960, endorsed this principle in this way: 'In times such as this, I say it is wrong and dangerous for any American to keep silent about our future if he is not satisfied with what is being done to preserve that future...
...Interior Secretary Udall was "appalled" and "flabbergasted" when he learned that his name was being used to blackjack political funds from the oil and gas industry, over which the Interior Department holds life-and-death powers. Udall tried, unsuccessfully, to get the letters recalled. But beyond that, he remained silent, and it remained for Washington Columnist Peter Edson to break the story last week...
Nkrumah himself was silent as his critics raged, but his controlled press was quick to hit back at those "who take the liberty of their membership in our august National Assembly to hit below the belt." Crowbar had better stop overspending in his ministry or "get out," rumbled the Evening News darkly. As for Quaidoo, added the Ghanaian Times, "he is a Tshombe-faced nincompoop who stands out as one of the biggest buffoons who ever walked the floor of free Ghana's Parliament." Clearly, both had fallen from grace with Osagyefo. The next question was where else they...
Days of Thrills and Laughter. Silent comedy, including Charlie Chase, Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks...