Word: toed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Out of a welter of confusion, inertia, committee meetings and high-minded oratory, three propositions last week seemed to be taking shape:
Between potshots at each other, the Democratic Advisory Council's 31 members found time during their long weekend in Manhattan to fire off a formal 22-point salvo at the Eisenhower Administration. "The Republican Party is unworthy to continue to exercise the power of national government," preambles the D.A.C...
In its recommendations for more Government action, the program stuck by the time-honored liberals' issues: an increase in social-security payments, stronger civil-rights legislation and higher minimum wages. Added suggestion: a U.S. National Peace Agency to ride herd on all programs designed for the pursuit of peace...
The resounding proclamation got plenty of headlines, but it suffered from one basic defect: House Speaker Sam Rayburn and Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson, the Democrats who can do most to translate the program into law, stayed far, far away from the D.A.C. session and said not a good word...
¶That while the U.S. and Europe increasingly enjoy the good life, many nations outside the Communist bloc are getting more populous and relatively poorer. ¶That the U.S. should do no less about it, but that Europe should do more. ¶That someone ought to provide focus, plans, and...