Word: steps
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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American influence undoubtedly had some part in the regime's decision to grant the Greek people a constitution, no matter how flimsy it is. Yet Greek people are desperately afraid that the document will be hailed the world over as a step towards democracy. The fact is, according to Greeks, that the fraudulent constitution is merely a trick by the regime to give their rule a legal rationale and to maintain the all important American support...
...history of desegregating schools is short and it is unpleasant. For each progressive step, there seem to be two steps back. In 1954, after 60 years of Supreme Court decisions allowing the dual school systems in the South, Earl Warren's court finally made the break. Warren's decision had two memorable bits of language: the first, now reverently recited by civil rights lawyers, is that "separate schools are inherently in equal." That was good. But the other phrase almost negated the decision's value...
Things changed under Kennedy, but still there was little progress being made. Individual blacks made it into Ole Miss and the University of Alabama, but the majority of black children still grew up and were miseducated in black schools. It wasn't until 1962 that the next real step came: the advent of the wholesome-sounding Freedom Of Choice plan...
Dutiful Shepherd. Though the referendum is a first step toward ending the junta's hold on Greece, the next move is nowhere in sight. Under the new constitution, elections may not be held without the presence in Greece of King Constantine, who spent his first summer in exile aimlessly resort-hopping in Italy and Sardinia. Few Greeks expect the government to allow him to return soon, and Papadopoulos last week brusquely refused to set a date for elections. The Premier made it clear that he was in no hurry to return Greece to the perils of democracy. "We intend...
...evening pokes fun at four different steps in the mating dance. Step 1 is seduction. Jerry (Ron Carey) coaxes Brenda (Zohra Lampert) into his apartment. He wants to hit and run; she wants a "meaningful relationship." He plies her with a Coke. She dizzies him with quotes from Erich Fromm. They dance together as if a referee had told them to break clean. He chases her until she catches him. But who was the spider...