Tag: politics
group name: thesixties
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April 07, 2006 05:44 AM EDT --
Lunch counter sit-ins at Woolworths
JFK elected President
Peace Corp program announced
Yuri Gargarin, first man in space
Bay of Pigs
Alan Shepard, first American in space
16,000 U.S. advisors sent to Vietnam . . . more
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April 13, 2006 08:23 PM EDT --
In November, 1960 John Fitzgerald Kennedy beat Richard Milhouse Nixon in a presidential race, undprecented for its extremely narrow popular vote margin. Kennedy was elected president by a substantial electoral . . . more
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February 04, 2008 04:52 PM EST --
What are YOUR predictions for Super Tuesday in Massachusetts?
Nationally, McCain is perceived to be forging ahead of Romney, with Romney possibly leading in California - or perhaps not. . . . more
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December 11, 2007 10:43 AM EST --
Historically, the Sixties stand out as one of the most turbulent decades of . . . more
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December 17, 2007 06:15 PM EST --
In "The Greatest Generation," his landmark bestseller, . . . more
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February 27, 2008 01:07 PM EST --
Just in, breaking news...
William F. Buckley, the greatest conservative the world and Republican Party have ever known has passed away, found dead by his cook in his Connecticut home. It's . . . more
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April 08, 2006 08:26 AM EDT --
The setting was Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina. The day was February 1, 1960.
Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair, Jr. and David Richmond were four young men who attended Agriculture . . . more
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February 05, 2008 08:02 PM EST --
Exit poll results are in for Massachusetts.
UPDATE: 9 p.m. from WCVB-TV- (ABC) DEMOCRATIC SIDE - HILLARY CLINTON, in Massachusetts.
Based on exit polls. These are predictions.
9:15 . . . more
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July 29, 2007 10:38 PM EDT --
Yesterday (Sunday here) was Election Day for the upper house (The House of Councilors -- bizarre spelling taken from the Japan Times).ÂÂ Prime Minister Abe's party, the LDP (Liberal . . . more
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September 24, 2006 10:11 PM EDT --
Tonight I wrote something for a second time that I thought I would never have to think about again.
A friend of mine's son was trying to enlist in the military for the education benefits. I . . . more
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May 01, 2007 10:27 AM EDT --
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April 25, 2006 02:09 PM EDT --
The year was 1962. James Meredith was a student at the University of Mississippi.
That his final acceptance into the university was won by such strife is a disgrace in our civil rights history. . . . more
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October 01, 2006 04:37 PM EDT --
I know this has little to do with anything, and I also know that all of you understand my feelings about this current conflict. We currently have sons, daughters, wives and husbands in harm's . . . more
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January 13, 2007 10:19 AM EST --
It was the winter of 1963. I had gone to college as usual, but as I entered the gate I could perceive a gloomy atmosphere. The ladies stood in grief, wiping their tears with their . . . more
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July 12, 2007 02:35 PM EDT --
Lady Bird Johnson will always be a great example of courage and strength, and was there with her husband when America needed them the most.
She stood for all people and wanted equality for everyone. . . . more
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November 26, 2007 03:49 PM EST --
When I began to tell members of that large, raucous generation born just after World War II, the baby boomers, that I was thinking of writing a book on the aftershocks of . . . more
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February 06, 2008 03:31 AM EST --
With 2088 of 2167 precincts reporting, here are some close to final tallies:
From Boston. com A fascinating map.
Statewide:
Democrats:
Clinton: 56%
Obama: . . . more
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March 10, 2007 11:30 AM EST --
Bob Dylan a false prophet?
Over the years of his career, countless books and articles have been published about Dylan's spirituality and what he himself called "the saving grace that's . . . more
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February 06, 2008 11:21 PM EST --
Well, the dust has settled, and it looks as if the primary season will go on for at least few more weeks for Democrats. That means that Maryland's 99 delegates will be eagerly sought after by both . . . more
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April 06, 2008 03:16 PM EDT --
Did you know...
1. John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has "evolved," yet he's continued . . . more
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