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- 121: Egypt-israeli Conflict And The
- ... through artillery Israeli forced dug along the canal. The result was Israeli air response which virtually destroyed the Egyptian Artillery. During this time, the Israeli Military was supplied by the Nixon Administration, because it supposedly regarded Israel as a bulwark against Soviet expansion in the area. Nassar, seeing that his chances were few, flew to Moscow and asked the Soviet Union ... out an attack on Israel at the same time. For the Arabs, it was the fasting month of Ramadan, and for Israel it was Yom Kippur. The next day, President Nixon formally asked Congress for emergency funds to finance the massive airlift of arms to Israel that was already under way. During this time, the Major Oil producers in the region ...
- 122: Development Of Sino-us Economi
- ... Sino-US economic and trade relations about its past, present and future. Let's review the development of Sino-US economic and trade relations. On February 21,1972, when President Nixon arrived at Beijing Airport, the late Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai took his hand and said: ¡°You have reached across the world¡¯s largest ocean to shake my hand.¡± The historic ... the more than two decades of hostile separation of the world¡¯s two great nations, and China established officially diplomatic relations with the US on January 1, 1979. During President Nixon¡¯s visiting, China purchased 10 Boeing airplanes from America, which is a real beginning of Sino-US economic and trade co-opration. Bilateral economic ties and trade have developed rapidly ...
- 123: Baseball And American Popular
- ... began writing a regular column for the New York Post. He wrote of social issues, foreign affairs, and the upcoming elections. In the 1960 election, he decided to back Richard Nixon instead of John Kennedy. His logic was that the black community should be represented by the Republican as well as the Democratic Party. This decision led to his fall out of favor with much of the black community. Later in life, he admitted to the bad decision saying, "I do not consider my decision to back Richard Nixon over John F. Kennedy for the Presidency in 1960 one of my finest ones. It was a sincere one, however, at the time."(Lester, p2) In 1964, he organized and ...
- 124: Spin Cycle
- ... many different scandal to his credit and numerous ongoing investigations pending, President Clinton has been bombarded by the media in a fashion not seen since the last days of the Nixon administration. Despite this unwanted attention, Clinton has managed to maintain lofty approval ratings and successfully deflect even the most ardent attacks. How does he do it? This question is answered ... explained in part by the success of the spin-control methods Kurtz describes. But there must be deeper explanations as well. Bill Clinton is the most investigated president since Richard Nixon--facing inquiries into Whitewater, campaign fundraising abuses, and sexual misconduct--and yet improbably began 1998 with approval ratings as high as those of Ronald Reagan. But the new year has ...
- 125: Spin Cycle
- ... many different scandal to his credit and numerous ongoing investigations pending, President Clinton has been bombarded by the media in a fashion not seen since the last days of the Nixon administration. Despite this unwanted attention, Clinton has managed to maintain lofty approval ratings and successfully deflect even the most ardent attacks. How does he do it? This question is answered ... explained in part by the success of the spin-control methods Kurtz describes. But there must be deeper explanations as well. Bill Clinton is the most investigated president since Richard Nixon--facing inquiries into Whitewater, campaign fundraising abuses, and sexual misconduct--and yet improbably began 1998 with approval ratings as high as those of Ronald Reagan. But the new year has ...
- 126: Power Shifts in Intergovernmental Relations: A Result of Fiscal Federalism
- ... for the states. Moreover, Congress passed Medicare and Medicaid, health insurance plans for the elderly and the poor or disabled, respectively, expanding the federal role in social welfare programs. During Nixon's tenure, existing programs of assistance for the aged, blind and disabled administered by the states were federalized, requiring more money from the national government. Additionally, general revenue sharing was signed into law, once again increasing state dependence on federal funds. Nixon's New Federalism implemented major expansions of federal regulatory power over state and local governments. Concerned about the dominance of the national government, the reaction to this continual increase in ...
- 127: Lyndon Johnson
- ... of Massachusetts. Kennedy, a northern Roman Catholic, then selected Johnson as his running mate to balance the Democratic ticket. In November 1960 the Democrats defeated the Republican candidates, Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, by a narrow margin. Johnson was appointed by Kennedy to head the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunities, a post that enabled him to work ... on November 1, he failed to make real concessions at the peace table, and the war dragged on. Humphrey lost in a close race with the Republican candidate, Richard M. Nixon. Retirement After stepping down from the presidency in January 1969, Johnson returned to his ranch in Texas. There he and his aides prepared his memoirs, which were published in 1971 ...
- 128: Rosa Parks
- ... she was asked to give up her seat, she refused. Immediately, the driver stopped the bus and called two policemen. Mrs. Parks was arrested and taken to jail. Edgar Daniel Nixon, head of the NAACP in Montgomery, posted a $100 bond to get her released. Although Mrs. Parks was not the first black person to get arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus, Mr. Nixon decided that she wouldn't be the last. He called a meeting of black leaders to see what action they should take. By the end of the meeting, the leaders ...
- 129: John F.Kennedy: Biography
- ... for the nomination against Lyndon B. Johnson, Stuart Symington, and Stevenson. Of course Kennedy won choosing Lyndon B. Johnson as his running mate, or vice president. Republicans chose Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Jr. to run against. In the campaign it was going to be a hard fight. Only one of them would become president and they both wanted it so badly. Both opponents were young and well known. Nixon had a major advantage over Kennedy because he was vice president under Eisenhower. This election was the first time presidential candidates debated face to face. These debates helped Kennedy get ...
- 130: Dwight David Eisenhower
- ... compares favorably with such popular heroes as Franklin Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower. During 1961, Kennedy suffered some major setbacks, including one, in Cuba, that might have ruined some Presidents. (Richard Nixon has said: "If I had been responsible for failing to make a critical decision on the Cuban business which would have brought victory, I would have been impeached.") Yet, his ... lopsided Democratic majorities -- but those majorities were deceptive, particularly in the House of Representatives where conservative Democrats (mostly from the South) and Republicans saw Kennedy's squeaky win over Dick Nixon as less than a national mandate. The first major fight in Congress was over the Kennedy Administration's all-out effort to liberalize the House Rules Committee. The resolution carried ...
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