Word: strengthing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...political strength of Senator Eugene McCarthy is diluted by the fact that his protests about the Viet Nam war are almost entirely based on the "immorality" of this conflict. I, too, feel that the war should be ended, but I also feel that the Senator, as a presidential candidate, has an obligation to logically support his stand. We know that war is immoral; this attribute is inherent in the meaning of the word. But could the Senator tell us why there is no political or economic or military justification for this war (as opposed to the "popular" wars in which...
Careening through 18-hour campaign days toward the May 7 Indiana primary against Eugene McCarthy and favorite son Governor Roger Branigin, Kennedy has been profligate with his strength and sometimes sloppy in his tactics. Last week he admitted that 20 Senate employees working for himself and Brother Teddy on the U.S. payroll are engaged in campaign activities. Too often he allows his staffers to reinforce the image of ruthlessness, as when one Kennedy operative phoned a middle-level Washington official and demanded campaign assistance. "I'll be happy to do everything I can after the convention," said the official...
Cornell nosed out Princeton last Saturday and now looms as the Crimson's chief competitor. Cornell meets M.I.T. on the Charles after the Harvard-Navy-Dartmouth race Saturday. Comparing Harvard's performance against M.I.T. with Cornell's should give some indication of the relative strength of the two crews...
There have been 270 changes in voter registration in Cambridge--nearly all of them from Republican to either Democrat or Independent. In the 1964 primary, there were 2425 Republican votes in Cambridge. It is highly probable that about 10 per cent of the Republican primary voting strength has changed sides...
...Community Corporation concept is only a rehabilitation of that idea; and it is already well-developed in parts of Roxbury. Its basic strength, of course, is the old truth that the only way to achieve self respect is to have true responsibility for the consequences of decisions that affect one's life...