Word: socialized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that two strains-rebelliousness and willingness to accept orders-run strongly through our national life," he says. "From the tension between these tendencies I think part of the American dynamism is created." He has contended that "our failure to achieve civilized race relations is America's most serious social weakness"; he has described the "decline of American productivity" as one of the most debilitating economic problems; and he has stressed that U.S.-Soviet relations remain "quite literally, a life-and-death matter...
...elected mayor of his native New Orleans. He appointed blacks to high-level city jobs and, up until his very last days in office, continued to pressure the city's business elite tobe more responsive to the black community and to the area's economic and social needs...
...length, Government assumed responsibility for the dream. From Roosevelt to Johnson, Government gradually accepted the franchise for the physical, social, economic and moral welfare of the nation...
...early elections this fall. The country has been without a government since early June when a reformist Cabinet of political independents headed by Carlos Alberto Mota Pinto resigned under Socialist and Communist censure motions. An independent herself, Pintassilgo has been described as both a "Catholic militant" and a "pure social democrat." As Minister of Social Affairs in the first provisional government following the army-inspired Flower Revolution of 1974, she was best known for promoting the introduction of equal rights for women into the country's new constitution...
...participated in a race through New York harbor. Wind-surfing championships will be held this fall in Clearwater, Fla., with competition in such categories as slalom-type racing, freestyle, long-distance (up to 15 miles) and buoy ball (a kind of water rugby). For those more inclined toward the social aspects of the sport, there are more than 100 "fleets" or clubs in the U.S. and Canada that hold informal regattas. "The sport is developing very much like skiing," says Dick Lamb, president of the International Windsurfer Class Association. "You have a highly competitive elite...