Word: surely
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sure Clashes. Though the new coalition is government by committee, a form unusual but not unprecedented in democratic societies, there is no fear that it will be either self-perpetuating or without strain. For one thing, there are healthy differences between the partners: the Christian Democrats are semiconservatives who favor free enterprise and firm ties to the West; the Social Democrats are liberals who favor some state control of the economy and call for a more open attitude toward the Eastern-bloc nations. For another, both parties agree that they will dissolve the coalition before the 1969 elections and fight...
...Free Democrats intend to hack away at the joints where basic Christian Democratic-Socialist differences have been papered over in favor of the coalition, and to concentrate their attack on any signs of political difference. Differences there are sure to be. The two parties of the coalition are still far enough apart to provide considerable checks and balances on each other's actions...
Sato's first move was a complete Cabinet overhaul aimed at ending corruption. "Make sure you separate your public and private life," Sato warned each appointee. Among the new faces: State Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, 47, an economist who will double as director of the economic planning agency; Finance Minister Mikio Mizuta, 61, a proponent of greater capital investment in industry; Foreign Minister Takeo Miki, 59, an advocate of increased Japanese aid and development projects in the rest of Asia...
...similar advice to the breathlorn. The date is over, and Tom is depositing Betty at her door. She melts into a coy pucker only to be offered [gasp!] a handshake, as Tom about-faces out of the foyer. "Well, I never," Betty tells her roomie, who shrewdly asks: "Sure you're O.K. in the breath department?" Cut to the next Saturday night farewell scene. Betty proffers her hand to Tom, who ardently sweeps it away and darned near crushes her right there on the stoop...
...Democratic Party should control the state's politics for some time to come--as long as certain conditions are met. The Democrats must avoid a disastrous ideological split during the next four years; they must make sure they keep control of vital local offices; old line Byrd Machine leaders must be persuaded to step down for younger candidates and move closer to the increasingly powerful moderates who will make a play for the urban, labor and Negro vote...