Word: worsened
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Pessimistic." President Kennedy cannot even cherish much hope that his proposals will do better during the rest of the session. The prospect, indeed, is that his difficulties with Congress will worsen as a result of his civil rights bill. In the Senate, a Southern filibuster is certain, and while it lasts, all other legislation will be stalled. Whatever the outcome of the battle, Southerners in Congress are going to be at odds with the President and disinclined to go along with his other requests. "Civil rights," says a White House aide, "has changed the whole situation in the House...
...surprising 26 seats in French-Canadian Quebec, put it in blunter fashion. "Diefenbaker knew it months ago; for the campaign, he was hiding those things," he said. "He ought to resign." Diefenbaker indicated that he would not call Parliament into session until September, so that noisy debates would not worsen the crisis. Opposition leaders might grumble, but they knew that the country was in no mood for more electioneering. Besides, at the moment other politicians were content to have Diefenbaker stuck with the crisis...
Harris said that cutting tariffs vis-a-vle the Common Market might weaken its "basic glue--the common tariff wall--and could worsen, rather than improve, our favorable balance of trade...
Racial discrimination or unequal shelter facilities for different economic or ethnic groups could worsen inter-group conflicts in the nation, the conference report charged...
...discovery of his illness comes very close to crushing Watanabe, the old man. Death so appalls him that to escape the thought of it he must drink, although he realizes alcohol will only worsen his condition. He tries to tell his son and daughter-in-law what is wrong with him, but they completely misunderstand his first few remarks and prevent him from explaining his predicament. His son's aloofness is a severe blow; for Watanabe, widowed soon after his marriage, has devoted his life...