Word: yaf
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that (1) it doesn't exist and (2) it is initiated from the adult conservative community. Another article, though, reports on "The Right at NSA." This well-written piece on how the little conservatives operated at Madison amusingly conveys a sense of the Big Mission and petty opportunism that YAF hopefuls revealed at the Congress. But again, the piece falls short of analytical clarity: the broader tactics are not explored, and finally it is unclear whether YAF is being accused of attempted sabotage or usurpation...
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Rusher spoke at the organizational meeting of the Harvard-Radcliffe Young Americans For Freedom, and was co-sponsored by the Law School and College Young Republican clubs. YAF is a conservative student organization founded by William A. Buckley, Jr. editor of The National Review...
Parts of Tower's speech to an audience packed with members of the Young Americans for Freedom were filmed for use on NBC's David Brinkley's Journal this Wednesday. According to Howard J. Phillips '62, Mass. college chairman of the Young Republicans and a national director of YAF, Brinkley's program will document the conservative revival at this summer's NSA convention and elsewhere...
Chapman noted current examples of the conservatives' relish for attacking progressive Republican candidates rather than Democratic incumbents: the National Review's opposition to Rep. John Lindsey (R.N.Y.); the YAF's drive to unseat Stanley Isaacs, the only Republican on the 27-member New York City Council; and the John Birch Society's efforts to defeat California's Republican Senator Thomas Kuchel in his bid for re-election...