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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...projections are based on a cruel reality confronting the G.O.P. It is the minority party, and it is growing more so all the time. In 1940, with memories of the 'Republican Depression" still harsh in the minds of millions, 38% of U.S. voters still identified themselves as Republicans v. 42% as Democrats. Today, 53% consider themselves Democrats, a beggarly 25% as Republicans. Such is the Republican plight that some pundits-including a few Democrats awash in enough tears to float a couple of crocodiles -have bewailed the imminent end of the two-party system. Already, wrote Richard Rovere...
...except one, the beginning of the year lays a foundation on which the rest of the year is built. If a student doesn't master the concept of Consideration in Contracts, he might well not bother to learn about Unilateral Contracts. If he doesn't understand Hadley v. Baxendale, he will study the whole area of breach of contract in a vacuum...
While he said he would not take an active part in the New York mayoral campaign, Nixon declared he will vote for Rep. John V. Lindsay (R-N.Y.), rather than Conservative candidate William F. Buckley Jr. He called Lindsay "a fresh new voice in New York...
...will be the re-making of the world."--Eleanor V. Young, Boston...
...ideal of unhampered public debate on public issues got an unprecedented boost in 1963 when the Supreme Court raised the First Amendment right of free speech as a shield against state libel laws. That shield, ruled the court in New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, prevents a public official from collecting damages for even false criticism of his conduct, unless he proves that the statement was "made with 'actual malice'-that is, with knowledge that it was false, or with reckless disregard of whether...