Word: standing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...despite the moral sleaziness in which India's position is couched, it is difficult to see how she could attempt anything more vigorous than a "strong moral stand" against China. Until the West revises its concepts of what a revolution is and what "internal affairs" are, it is unlikely that any help will be given groups like the Tibetans. And since Red China is not a member, even the United Nations cannot be appealed to in this case...
Claiming that many Southern newspapers "can work for justice only in a negative way," Johnson explained that an outright stand on the segregation issue would result in a loss of circulation and advertising revenue, and might put a paper in danger of folding...
...newspaper's primary duty is to stay in business, because it can't take any stand on any moral issue if it isn't printed," Johnson said. He praised the "majority of responsible papers in the South" for choosing to survive instead of "going out in a blaze of glory...
...example, Johnson cited the New Orleans Item, the now-defunct paper for which he worked. In competition with a strong segregationist paper, the Item "took a strong, firm stand on both sides of every issue," Johnson commented...
Although the newspaper was "attacked viciously by members of the White Citizens' Council," Johnson claimed that the Item went out of business for "complicated financial reasons." He expressed the opinion that if the paper had taken a strong stand against segregation, it would have folded much sooner...