Word: wishfully
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Crystal Clear. "I have emphasized many times in the past that I was not a candidate, did not wish to become one, and would do nothing to encourage moves to make me one," he said. Despite this, many persons "evidently believe that deep in my heart I do desire the nomination and that I am only waiting until the right moment to make my move. This is not true. But it seems to be part of our American folklore to believe that every politician wants to be President...
...continued, it would have to be "one which I personally would feel came from the hearts of the people," and not one that was "engineered or arranged." But he sought to make it "crystal clear" that he would prefer not to be drafted. Said he: "I sincerely do not wish...
...practice, many blacks will be kept on in their present chores, but for those who are fired or wish to change jobs, the future will be difficult. For example, up to now any native born in a city has enjoyed permanent legal residence there and could not normally be "endorsed out." The new bill abolishes that right, and a man who has spent his life as a clerk in a Cape Town chemist's shop could end up swinging a pick in a Transvaal gold mine. Moreover, African wives and children may follow their breadwinner only if the government...
...Testament sense of the word," wrote the Rt. Rev. Arthur Lichtenberger in a letter to his fellow bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S., "I have had and I am having a good time in my work as Presiding Bishop. I do wish I could continue...
Nevertheless some difficulties remain. In their chapter on the Negroes the authors assume a hard-headed reasonableness that proves illuminating in a discussion of school boycotts (the current rage) but fails to convey the spirit and depth of commitment involved in the civil rights struggle. I wish too that they had placed more emphasis on the forces behind the rise of Negro extremism and the effect of permanent poverty, on the Negro's response to the compound problem of discrimination and unemployment. Two other omissions mar the book, the failure to adequately discuss the difference between the Puerto Rican...