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- 221: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- ... of Texas. However, Johnson was strong only among Southern delegates. Kennedy won the nomination on the first ballot and then persuaded Johnson to become his running mate. Two weeks later the Republicans nominated Vice President Richard Nixon for president and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., who was ambassador to the United Nations and whom Kennedy had defeated for the Senate in 1952, for vice president. In the fast-paced campaign that followed, Kennedy made stops in 46 states and 273 cities and towns, while Nixon visited every state and 170 urban areas. Another important element of the campaign was the support Kennedy received from blacks in important Northern states, especially Illinois and Pennsylvania. They supported him in part because ...
- 222: Q/A: Legalization of Marijuana
- ... commercially against businesses owned by Hearst, the DuPonts and other powerful families. Source: Jack Herer, The Emperor Wears No Clothes. 8. Marijuana use does not lead to physical dependency. Costa Ricaicatudy, 1980; Jamaican Study, 1975; Nixon Blue Ribbon Report, 1972, et. al. 9. Source: Psychology Today, Newsweek, et. al. 10. Source: All university medical studies: UCLA, Harvard, Temple, etc. 11. Costa Rican Study, 1980; Jamaican Study, 1975; "The legal drugs for ... Heath/Tulane (1974), wild monkeysysere brutally captured, then virtually suffocated in marijuana smoke over a period of 90 days. Source: National Institute of Health. 20. Examples: the "LaGuardia" Committee Report (New York, 1944) and President Richard Nixon's Blue Ribbon "Shafer" Commission (1972).
- 223: Who Didn't Kill JFK?
- ... With Kennedy's name on the ballot all he need to do was be elected to fulfill his father's dream. The election for Kennedy was not going to be easy. John was running against Richard Nixon, who had served as President Eisenhower's vice president. (netzley pg 14) He would also be the first Catholic president. Which worried voters that Kennedy may be to easily influenced by the Pope. (Netzley pg16 ... win votes for John, under the condition he would not go after organized crime. With the aid of the Mafia's and a his father's money John Kennedy won the closest election ever defeating Nixon by only point one percent of the votes. (Netzley pg16) In January of 1963 just weeks before Kennedy was to be inaugurated, Eisenhower broke off diplomatic relations with Cuba. (Microsoft, Bay of Pigs pg1) ...
- 224: Communism East Europe
- ... the 1970Æs a period of D_tente began. In 1970 West Germany and Poland signed a treaty rejecting the use of force. West Germany and Russia ratified a similar treaty in 1972. (18) In 1972 Nixon and Brezhnev signed the SALT I treaty which was to limit the production of US and Russian nuclear weapons. In 1973 East and West Germany joined the UN. (19) Throughout this period the West had ... 618a (17) Ibid., page 618b (18) Ibid. (19) Ibid. (20) Kehoe, A.M, op cit. page 13 (21) Ibid. (22) Ibid., page 55 (23) Ibid. (24) Various Inputs, op cit. (1996) page 142 (25) Sakwa, Richard,Gorbachev and his Reforms 1985-1990 (Philip Allan, 1990) page 271 (26) Ibid. (27) Ibid., page 272 (28) Ibid. (29) Ibid. (30) Ibid. (31) Ibid., page 281 (32) Hosking, Geoffrey, A History of the Soviet ... the Helm (Croom Helm, 1987) Novikov, Euvgeny & Bascio, Patrick, Gorbachev and the Collapse of the Soviet Communist Party (Peter Lang Publishing Inc., 1994) OÆ Brien, Eileen, Modern Europe 1870-1966 (Mentor Publications Ltd., 1995) Sakwa, Richard, Gorbachev and his Reforms 1985-1990 (Philip Allan, 1990) Swain, Geoffrey & Swain, Nigel, Eastern Europe Since 1945 (St. MartinÆs Press Inc., 1993) Various Inputs, Chronicle of the 20th Century Quotations (Guinness Publishing Ltd., 1996) ...
- 225: The Power of Language
- ... people. Political leaders are the primary examples of the people we put our trust in. In 1960, John F. Kennedy was elected to the office of President after four nationally televised debates against vice-president Richard Nixon. It was generally conceded that these debates helped Kennedy more than Nixon. In April of 1961, after Russia successfully launched the first man into outer space, John Kennedy asked for a greatly increased budget for space research. Kennedy said, powerfully, “I believe that this nation should ...
- 226: The Atrocities of the Vietnam War
- ... in Washington regarding the War in Vietnam, perhaps America’s greatest foreign policy failure, had many consequences that, though unforeseen, could have been avoided. The main policymakers include: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard M. Nixon. These men and their advisors created a "policy of atrocity" in Vietnam. The decisions that created the most widespread destruction, besides the bombing escalation’s by Johnson and Nixon, was Robert McNamara’s proposal to JFK for a "quantified war". A "quantified war" is a war where the enemy body count, not territory, is the measure of winning or losing. Perhaps unforeseen, this ...
- 227: Important African American Figures
- ... stump the country on speaking tours until 1875. An illiterate all her life, she was nevertheless an effective speaker and was endowed with a charisma that often drew large crowds to her informal lectures. Allen, Richard, American clergyman, born in Philadelphia. The son of a slave, Allen was freed after his master was converted to Methodism. He was ordained a minister in 1784 at the first conference of the Methodist church ... legislation. In 1972 Jordan was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. She took a seat on the Judiciary Committee, where she earned national attention for her eloquent speech in favor of impeaching President Richard M. Nixon (1969-74) during the Watergate affair. She also delivered the keynote address at the 1976 Democratic Convention. In 1978 Jordan left the House to teach public policy at the University of Texas at Austin. ...
- 228: The Hippie Movement That Arose From Vast Political Changes
- ... his administration was referred to as. On April 4 1968, Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis. That night, eighty riots broke out. Federal troops were dispatched into Baltimore, Chicago, Washington, and Wilmington. "Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley, ordered police to shoot to kill arsonists and the main looters." The actions by Richard J. Daley, were a sign of respect of King. Ironically, a year before, Daley was against having King speak in the city of Chicago. King's following had fallen off in the years leading up ... As the Students moved to the Left, and the youth movement grew, so did the idea of fighting back against the State. The idea of a single world revolution, grew. On April 30, 1970, President Nixon ordered the "incursion" of Cambodia, with this announcement the students went into action. By May 4, 1970, a hundred student strikes were in progress across the country. At Kent State University in Ohio, students ...
- 229: Famous African Americans
- ... stump the country on speaking tours until 1875. An illiterate all her life, she was nevertheless an effective speaker and was endowed with a charisma that often drew large crowds to her informal lectures. Allen, Richard, American clergyman, born in Philadelphia. The son of a slave, Allen was freed after his master was converted to Methodism. He was ordained a minister in 1784 at the first conference of the Methodist church ... legislation. In 1972 Jordan was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. She took a seat on the Judiciary Committee, where she earned national attention for her eloquent speech in favor of impeaching President Richard M. Nixon (1969-74) during the Watergate affair. She also delivered the keynote address at the 1976 Democratic Convention. In 1978 Jordan left the House to teach public policy at the University of Texas at Austin. ...
- 230: Frank Sinatra
- ... In the early 70’s at the age of 55, he felt that he was becoming too old and decided to retire from his singing career. He then sang at the White House for President Richard Nixon and Nixon told him he should continue with his singing career because he had such an excellent voice. So Sinatra began singing again. He kept on singing into his late 70’s, well after the point ...
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