Word: socialized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...unfailingly opted for security, a penchant that has given two decades of unbroken rule to the Christian Democratic Union of Chancellor Kurt Kiesinger. As the current campaign unfolded, however, it seemed that many West Germans might be ready for something new. For the first time since 1930, the revitalized Social Democratic Party of Foreign Minister Willy Brandt appeared to have a real chance of gaining power. But, as the returns began coming in, Socialist hopes sagged. Once again, the Christian Democrats emerged as the dominant party in West Germany...
Puberty Manifestations. According to the computerized projections, the Christian Democrats drew 46.6% of the vote and probably will win 245 of the Bundestag's 496 seats, the same as in the 1965 elections. The Social Democrats attracted 42.3% of the ballots and picked up 20 new seats for a total of 222. Still their performance fell short of some optimistic expectations. The big losers were the Free Democrats, who had sought to transform themselves from a conservative into a liberal party; with only 5.6% of the vote, they lost 20 seats and wound up with only...
...English Sickness. In many cases, something more was involved than the usual demands for better pay and conditions. The workers were ignoring their union leaders, whom they often regard as too timid or too ready to cooperate with management. They were also reflecting demands for broad social change. Said an Italian labor leader: "Workers are thinking now of participation in industrial and social decisions as well as of wages and pensions...
Whether or not Pompidou's ploy works, it was plain that the unequal distribution of wealth in France-and elsewhere-was one of the root causes of the current unrest. Said Political Commentator Jean Ferniot: "The war has moved from the political to the social battlefield." And, as in beleaguered Britain, nobody can be sure where the next skirmish might break...
...Changing social attitudes have continually reshaped white mirrors of black images. The attitudes may or may not appear acceptable from a contemporary Negro point of view. But the images hold, and will survive-a settled beauty enduring through and ultimately beyond this year or any year's contention on campus, street riot or ghetto anger. They are a testament of shared respect, an acknowledgment of mutual dignity...