Word: strengthing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...they'll go quite that far in Chicago." Senator George McGovern, who went to Chicago claiming roughly 125 to 150 votes, hoped a deadlocked convention might turn to him. But backing from many supporters of the late Robert F. Kennedy has not meant much in terms of delegate strength...
...tribalism is not only the black man's burden; it is also the ground of his being, and therein lies its strength. Nearly every Black African, even the most elegant minister in Savile Row suits, with a Mercedes in his garage, is a member of one of the continent's 6,000 tribes. However cosmopolitan he may be, he still derives his primary identity from his tribe, together with a loyalty toward his fellow tribesmen that is as fierce as is his utter disregard for any outsider. Makonde tribesmen still slit their cheeks to identify themselves to the world...
...must constantly outrace gratification?a spur that gives hope for ultimate progress but also inevitably promises more civil wars and revolutions. Unfortunately, a new order and a new map of Africa may eventually emerge only after tribes and the would-be nations have gone through many violent tests of strength. If Africa does surmount its troubles, it will have to find substitutes for tribalism, with its emphasis on order, authority and belonging. To harness those values in peaceful ways is Africa's challenge?and a great drama...
...Communists rise up so prematurely-long before they were ready for a real test of armed strength with the government? Puzzled Djakarta officials put it down to the Indonesian Communists' notoriously bad sense of timing and planning. After all, an ill-prepared Communist uprising flopped in 1948, and the 1965 coup attempt was a model of mismanaged conspiracy...
...found itself this summer, for the first time in 30 years, with no Negroes in its entering class of 131, so it recruited four who may need tutoring in science. Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, with a class of 132, accepted four Negroes on the strength of routine tests, then added a fifth who had a substandard school record but showed unusual motivation...