Word: supportively
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...particularly in the Rockefeller camp, and some veteran Republicans even muttered that they would rather vote Democratic or not at all than vote for Nixon. But in general, and certainly with the professionals, party unity remained the big goal. One by one, the moderates vowed full, if not devoted, support to the Nixon-Agnew team. "All we see," noted one jubilant Nixon aide, "are smiling faces who want...
Lindsay were the only prominent G.O.P. liberals to hedge support. In response to 40 questions from reporters, Lindsay could find not one good word to say about the G.O.P. ticket...
...estimated 3,250,000 for this year's election. Industrialization and legislative reapportionment have given new strength to the cities and suburbs. The Republican Party is again a potent force; but it wears dramatically contrasting faces in different states, and has lost most of the Negro support that once formed its core. The Democrats meanwhile are being pulled apart by the opposing forces of reaction and moderation...
...Democratic side, Humphrey has also benefited from strong Deep South and Border support in his pre-convention campaign. Of the 16 states' 745 convention votes, Humphrey will probably get more than 600 of 1,312 needed for nomination. His new-found favor with Southern Democrats, after years of being disliked and distrusted by them, has two major reasons. After Johnson withdrew from the race, Humphrey seemed the most trustworthy and stable of the possible candidates, particularly in comparison with Robert Kennedy, who was feared and hated in the South. Also, the Democratic leadership in most Southern states has grown...
Today, Ojukwu's Biafra is a land of physical ruin. Crowded into hardwood forests and mangrove swamps that cannot possibly support them, Biafrans are starving to death, by a conservative estimate, at the rate of 1,000 a day. Most of the 4,500,000 refugees from all corners of Nigeria who returned to the Ibo heartland live in makeshift camps, totally dependent on scanty government and missionary rations. The price of staple foods has risen fantastically (cost of a dozen eggs: $4), and salaried work is almost nonexistent. Biafra's chance of survival shrinks with each...