Word: unbought
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Justice Department, but last week, apparently as the result of a leak, Chisholm was forced to answer questions about the allegations. She said that the surplus has long since been spent to pay late-arriving bills and charged that Government investigators are determined to embarrass her because she is "unbought and unbossed...
...endorsing Chisholm--whose slogan is "Unbought and Unbossed"--the statement said, "Shirley Chisholm has stood up in the face to racism, a lone Black woman, denouncing the sufferings of Black and poor people at every opportunity. (She) is the best social critic of America's injustices to run for presidential office...
...survived 20 years of politicking by relying on individual contact and individual support. He has been outspoken, and yet soft-spoken; Robert Kennedy once termed him the only decent man in the Senate, Chisholm, beyond her candidacy as the first black woman in Congress, prides herself on being "unbought and unbossed." She represents a figure whom young blacks, Puerto Ricans and other minorities can trust and whom corporations cannot touch. At the same time, she refuses to lend her name to racial or ethnic separatism, appealing instead to a broad base of white and minority support...
There is the constant drone of some amplified speaker, and there is the drone of my little huddled affinity group, and the same beautiful girl keeps walking past trying to hawk the same stack of unbought Ailitant magazines, and she is adding her own drone...