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Violent crimes had increased from 120 per 100,000 in 1962 180 per 100,000 by 1964.
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Rebelling against the status quo was one of the definitions of conservatism.
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Teddy White lamented that TV might spell the death of serious politics: to give a thoughtful response to serious questions, politician needed a good thirty seconds to ponder, but television allowed only five seconds of silence at best. DDB (ad men) found nothing to lament and the fact. They were convinced you could learn everything you needed to KNOW about a product, which in this case happens to be a human being, in half a minute – the speed not of thought but of emotion.
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For the first time on Planet Earth (in 1964 America), a nation was made up of more college students than farmers. An unheard-of 42% of high school graduates sought higher education.
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(President) Lyndon Johnson still snapped between exultation and insecurity.
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Goldwater's approach to any political problem invariably derived from the evidence of his own eyes.
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Goldwater had never even considered a non-Arizonan. Like a man on his deathbed, he wanted to be surrounded only by friends.
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A candidate with no experience they would package as a citizen politician, a lifetime hack as an elder statesman.
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Goldwater hardly ever mentioned a statistic. He hardly ever used it EXAMPLE. He presumed you already knew what he meant. Reagan SHOWED you.
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