Word: slow
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...three-year outpouring of Great Society legislation the time had come to slow down and consolidate. It was less a reaction than a resistance to further grandiose programs, less a change in direction than in tempo. "The people wanted to pause and do a little inventorying," said Reagan. "They've been asking, 'Just where are we going?' " Democrats agreed. New York Senator Robert Kennedy acknowledged: "Some parts of the country want to go slower than others." Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield conceded that the time had come for Congress to do some "tightening up" of the programs that he helped...
...part, the shifting urban vote is a result of the slow, steady erosion of the coalition of ethnic minorities, Negroes and intellectuals that F.D.R. forged 34 years ago. Negro militancy has siphoned off much support from urban Italians, Irish and Slavs. The war has disenchanted many intellectuals. Of greater concern to the Democrats is their fading appeal to the blue-collar vote, once their mainstay. California's Brown, who had the support of labor leaders but lost the rank-and-file vote, noted: "Workers used to ask about workmen's compensation and disability insurance. Not this time. The workers have...
...enemy with the stock. Moreover, its high sight -necessitated by the carrying handle that serves as the rear sighting plane-means that a dug-in rifleman must expose his head and chest to aim carefully. But the rapid rate of fire more than compensates: in Korea with the slow-firing Garand, less than one-quarter of the troops fired their weapons in battle; in Viet Nam with the M16, everyone fires copiously. Many riflemen lug 600 rounds into battle (v. 72 rounds per man in Korea...
Chances are better that inflation will slow down, that money will loosen, and taxes will not go up. The American people want to curb Government non-defense spending, and federal and local legislators will have to oblige them. While the recently passed Great Society programs will not be jettisoned, new programs will be viewed with a cooler eye. All that, in the opinion of U.S. businessmen, is the meaning of last week's election...
Though the Harvard frosh got off to a slow start this season, they've caught on fire the last two weekends. After tying the Tigers, they overwhelmed Brown, 56-14. If quarterback Dave Smith, end Ray Hornblower, and the rest of the Yardlings can rally that kind of strength this time, they should...