Word: steps
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Senate, the long-quiescent Democratic doves mounted a joint attack against Westmoreland and the Administration's recent moves aimed at hitting the North harder. "The new level of escalation marked by our bombing of the North Vietnamese airfields has brought us one step closer to World War III involving the limitless legions of China backed by the enormous firepower of Soviet Russia," declared South Dakota's George McGovern. "I do not intend to remain silent in the face of what I regard as a policy of madness which sooner or later will envelop my son and American youth...
...fought ever since to win draft exemption. After losing three separate petitions to the U.S. Supreme Court and endless other legal maneuverings, Clay, 25, showed up at Houston's induction center, dutifully submitted to preinduction tests with 35 others, and then refused to take the symbolic one step forward that signals induction...
...Last year, in his request to live offcampus, a student gave as one of his reasons the parietal restrictions in his House," Katz said. But he added that the petition is just the first step in closing "the gap between what House members feel and what is actually done...
...problem suggests no simple solution. The "be tough" policy, for example, is not so antiquated as many Americans think it is. Rough ghetto life teaches a youngsters to revere violence. Prowess with your hands or a gun is prerequisite to financial success and the first step in winning the respect of other youngsters. As crude as it sounds, being tough can effectively curb criminal action where youth are involved. Yet, the policeman cannot be very tough. Even the most ignorant street corner punk is totally aware of his rights as an American citizen: he knows that the police cannot...
What was surprising was that a concilitary effort had been made in the first place. No one expected a conservative-minded police organization to take such an unprecedented step. Such initiatives, however, are likely to become more frequent under the leadership of progressive police superintendent O. W. Wilson...