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...following year, De Gaulle chose to turn a referendum on the establishment of regional governments (a relatively popular issue) and the downgrading of the Senate (an unpopular one) into a vote of confidence on his presidency. As the returns showed that the trend was running irreversibly against him, De Gaulle sent a two-sentence message to Paris from Colombey: "I am ceasing to exercise my functions as President of the Republic. This decision takes effect at noon today...
...home more, from the throes of a tragic war. By standing firm, this Administration placed America in the role of mediator rather than of intruder during the crisis in Jordan. We are negotiating with Russia to limit strategic arms production. At home, we have taken in hand the difficult, unpopular, but necessary task of halting inflation. We have proposed major reforms in welfare, Selective Service and revenue sharing. We want to do more-much more...
...great upset of the evening was when the ever-unpopular Russian champ, Ivan Koloff, threw the much-loved Manchurian champ, Gorilla Monsoon, into the ropes for the count. The fans were visibly upset by the defeat of the reconstructed former villain...
...water-borne infiltration, he gave junior officers and chiefs considerable leeway with tactics for their own vessels. He also heard out their complaints and came away convinced that today's servicemen have "an absolute right to be treated better than they have been -they have volunteered for an unpopular...
...intervention in the current congressional campaign, radical liberal seems to be an elastic blanket covering a huge bed, strangely cohabited by "the northeastern Establishment," the more inflamed students and the militant blacks. The term radical liberal is bitterly resented by many as an effort to smear liberalism with the unpopular tar of radicalism. Other Agnew critics ridicule his concoction as a monstrous juncture of utterly incompatible political types. Both the resentment and the ridicule are essentially justified...