Word: tougher
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...introduced new concern into the unreality of Saigon, the U.S. action was generally applauded by the South Vietnamese. If they had any complaint, it was that Washington did not go far enough. Most pleased of all was Premier General Nguyen Khanh, who has in recent weeks called for tougher moves against Red North Viet Nam. Khanh had another reason to be happy: the crisis was also a political godsend...
Uncle Tom. Among its many calamities, one of Harlem's severest is its politicians. "To get elected in Harlem," said New York State Assembly Candidate Percy Sutton, 43, "you have to prove you can talk tougher with the downtown whites than your opponent does. And you got to holler 'Uncle Tom' and a lot of other things." The result is a lot of noise and little of value to Harlem...
...sort of concession to states' rights forces, and gave Governors the power to veto youth-camp programs within their borders. Next action will come from the House, which is scheduled to report the Administration bill out of the Rules Committee this week. The prognosis was for much tougher going there than in the Senate...
...Small Business Administration insist that small business is doing well, and there is no doubt that it has profited by the expansion. But small business suffers from a chronic lack of cash and management skill-and those shortages hurt far more in these days of computers and tougher competition. Defense spending cutbacks have hit hard at small subcontractors; in the year ended last March, 118 electronics firms from Long Island to Los Angeles were forced to merge or liquidate because of the cutbacks. Small business also finds it harder to cut costs, since there is less to cut from; this...
...against the civil rights bill set this up as the key issue. If there is to be a major platform battle, Laird believes that it will be between Goldwater delegates who insist that the party advocate repeal of parts of the new bill and moderates who may propose much tougher measures than are included in the bill. Already, Pennsylvania's Senator Hugh Scott, the Scranton spokesman on the Platform Committee, has urged a flat statement that the party considers the bill constitutional, which would go directly against Goldwater's declaration in the Senate that it is not. Laird...