Word: stemmer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...great reconciler of conflicting interests. He won the support of businessmen by policies designed to encourage an influx of industry (keeping unions weak, and taxes low); he attracted the state's labor force, by increasing the minimum wage (from 50 to 75 cents); and his brief performance as a stemmer of the "black tide" gained him the hearts and votes of the right wing...