Word: thoughtfulness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...militant actions in Washington showed the New Left inching up another notch toward their now off-declared goal of revolution. Many have thought until recently that the revolution would have to be non-violent, if it is to be. Saturday's actions indicated that the pendulum is swinging in the other direction-toward violence...
...thought that the activities in Washington might attract some of the players away from he game. "Nah, I wasn't worried about that," Jacobs asserted. "Nope. None of the important guys, the ones who really care about football, would go down there on a day when we had a game...
...kept asking him why Senator Goodell's bill for the withdrawal of troops had not been put forth on the floor of the House. He answered that he thought of the idea before Goodell but simply had not put it forth in a bill vet. I asked if he thought the bill would pass and he replied, "No, not in this Congress...
...could see that he honestly wanted the war to end, but he felt as helpless as any one of us to end it. That was the feeling put forth by many of the assistants whom I spoke to as a substitute for the Congressmen. One asked me whether I thought his Congressman could end the war by bringing out a bill for cutting off appropriations after a certain date. When I said yes, he blew up at me, and then listed about five reasons why that was impossible. I agreed with him, then politely excused myself. His reasons were...
...Democrats elected from the seven Congressional Districts in Iowa. When I went to his office his legislative assistant told me something that I didn't think was very brilliant at the time. But in looking back over the situation in Congress it seems more brilliant than I first thought. She said that privately John Culver thought people in Congress were playing politics with...