Word: suspicions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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McCarthy's attempt to fudge on the specifies of his proposals, and his ability to inspire confidence with soft-spoken wit and snide commentary on other candidates illuminate his psychological strategy. This tack, of course, has the drawback of alienating many black voters. It also confirms the suspicion that McCarthy has too much arrogant cynicism to be an active, imaginative President...
...that France could not stand a major scandal at a time when it was just recovering from the Algerian war, but De Vosjoli suspected that "other, possibly sinister, forces were the real reason for the inaction." He leaves open to speculation whether it was inside work by Soviet agents, suspicion that the CIA was using the affair to smoke-screen its own activity in France, or mere Gaullist pique...
Last week this approach changed. The Negotiating Committee's decision to hold black-white meetings in the Houses was a bold experiment. If it had failed, it would have only confirmed blacks' suspicion that Harvard whites didn't care and weren't going to help...
Even if he gets no farther than he is already, McCarthy may well control enough delegates after the convention's first ballot to tip the balance in a close race between Kennedy and Humphrey. Which way might he go? McCarthy isn't saying, but the suspicion, shared by Kennedy's strategists, is that he would favor his fellow Minnesotan, Hubert Humphrey...
...Puerto Santos calls for bombing "with maximum emphasis on winning the hearts and minds of the people." Much of the novel bears this slightly self-satisfied straining for effect. As a glimpse of Foggy Bottom, The Triumph has its uses; but its tone begins to grate under the suspicion that the author is enjoying himself more than his performance justifies...