Word: uncertainity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...join the party of Devers, Furcolos, and Kennedys. After losing the gubernatorial primary in 1960, Peabody refused to support the nominee and earned the enmity of many party men. In 1962, Peabody became governor in an election where the outcome remained in doubt for several days. With this uncertain mandate, Peabody urged needed reforms of the state's archaic constitution. He proposed increased power for the governor and the abolition of the Governor's Council. In his legislative program, Peabody asked for a large income tax increase to pull the state out of a financial hole...
...behind Ted Kennedy but ahead of all other Massachusetts Democrats (including Robert Kennedy). Peabody was fifth. Probably Bellotti calculated that this was the time to run. In 1966, Boston Mayor John Collins would be a strong rival for the nomination. And in May Robert Kennedy's future was uncertain...
What will happen next is still uncertain. Dean Ford, who is chairing the meeting, may move for a vote of confidence in the report and thus bar all but minor changes in its recommendations. It is more likely, however, that the Faculty will vote to debate the report point by point but to delay hearing specific objections until its next meeting...
Whether Johnson will join vision and political power, will extend the Kennedy tradition of shifting the country from the programs of the thirties to the policies necessary for the sixties and seventies must remain uncertain for the moment. But we believe he can and will. Johnson's motivation, like Kennedy's when he became President, is to make secure his place in history. Such ambition combined with talent and energy give hope for the next four years as a time of great fulfillment as the last four years were a time of great promise...
...organization in Britain is the largest in Europe, and, with such guest speakers as Actors Anthony Quinn and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Comedian Victor Borge and Novelist Eugene Burdick, has raised nearly $10,000, which is spent on direct mail and ads in service newspapers. Mail often comes from Americans uncertain of their electoral rights. Inquiries about voting eligibility have been received from a Marymount nun who has lived in Britain since 1932, and from a U.S. citizen currently doing three years in a British prison for a felony...