Word: supportively
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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King's death immediately realigned forces on both sides. Ohio's William McCulloch, ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, abruptly broke with Ford to come out in support of the bill, followed by Illinois' John Anderson and more than a dozen other Republicans. Knowing that enough G.O.P. votes had probably swung over in favor of open housing, Johnson canceled his announced civil rights address to Congress. Principal reason for the decision: he did not wish to risk antagonizing the Republican converts by seeming to claim partisan proprietorship of the bill...
Robert Kennedy's strategy is to sweep the primaries, draw such big crowds and show such support in the polls that the convention delegates will have no choice but to leap aboard his steamroller. As he roared through Michigan, Indiana and West Virginia last week, the crowds and the polls, at least, were right...
...Grand Rapids, 20,000 people jammed Campau Square. In Kalamazoo, a turnout of 12,000 brought an admiring exclamation of "fantastic!" from Michigan's former Governor G. Mennen Williams-and a frenzied mother of five invaded his car to capture his right shoe (size 8½, with arch support). In West Virginia, he was greeted like a returning hero...
...Last Ounce. The Vice President seemed to be collecting all those who were remaining loyal to Lyndon, and then some. Humphrey backers claimed to be rolling up commitments of support in several Western states. Enough big campaign contributors are available to spare him the financial hang-ups he suffered during his 1960 bid for the nomination. County conventions in Minnesota, hitherto believed safe territory for McCarthy, chose enough Humphrey-leaning representatives to the June state convention to assure the Vice President of a large majority of the state's 52 delegate votes in August. The executive board...
Taylor asserted that it is essential to be able to challenge laws on grounds of conscience, and that such efforts would be impossible if other men--such as the defendants--could not lend their support to the challengers...