Word: spokes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...issues looked less clear-cut to grass-roots-sniffing committeemen. For one thing, the Great Society legislation of 1965 loses much of its immediacy as a campaign pitch for 1966. The overriding popular concern, delegates made clear, is the U.S. commitment in Viet Nam. Michigan's Neil Staebler spoke for many of the 110 National Committee members when he said...
...second speech at Harvard came at the end of '64 when Malcolm X spoke on a panel with Martin L. Kilson and James Q. Wilson. "This was his muck-raker phase when he had just broken with the Black Muslims and was critical of everyone. Three months later, after another trip to Africa, Malcolm X returned to the Law School Forum to give a very introspective, self-critical speech...
...possibility of tension between the different groups arose when Joseph Simeone, the restauran't owner, spoke out strongly against "demonstrators." If we have so-called demonstrators take over, we're going to accomplish nothing," he declared...
...Russian military attachés after reading reports on what its developer calls "the world's most accurate unguided rocket." Though they could easily have bought a Gyrojet in the capital, they showed up for some reason at a gun shop in San Jose, Calif., last week. "They spoke very good English," recalled Dealer Frank Schilling. "You'd never have taken them for a couple of those umphing Russians...
...Ford spoke, the safety furor continued on other fronts. General Motors admitted that the owners of 15,000 Buick Specials in the 1963 series sold with oversize tires might find that the tires can be scraped by the inside of the fender. And automakers continued to call back past products for new safety fixes. Items...