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Dallek 1991, p. 560. Caro suggests that Johnson's hesitancy was the result of an overwhelming fear of failure.

Dallek 1998, p. 116. In the Senate, since the tax bill had passed three days earlier, the anti-civil-rights senators were left with the filibuster as their only remaining tool.

Dallek 1998, p. 120. Biographer Randall B. Woods has argued that Johnson effectively used appeals to Judeo-Christian ethics to garner support for the civil rights law.

Dallek 1998, p. 184. Voting Rights Act Johnson began his elected presidential term with similar motives as he had upon succeeding to the office, ready to "carry forward the plans and programs of John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

Dallek 1998, p. 240. Johnson decided against retaliatory action at the time after consultation with the Joint Chiefs and also after public pollster Lou Harris confirmed that his decision would not detrimentally affect him at the polls.

Dallek 1998, p. 249. Long term estimates of the bombing campaign ranged from an expectation that Hanoi would rein in the Viet Cong to one of provoking Hanoi and the Viet Cong into an intensification of the war.

Dallek 1998, p. 365. In response to the intensified criticism of the war effort, Johnson employed the suspicion of communist subversion in the country, and press relations became strained.

Dallek 1998, p. 380. The gap with Hanoi was an unbridgeable demand on both sides for a unilateral end to bombing and withdrawal of forces.

Dallek 1998, p. 383. The conference ended with pronouncements to stand fast against communist aggression and to promote ideals of democracy and development in Vietnam and across Asia.

Dallek 1998, p. 51 The commission conducted extensive research and hearings and unanimously concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination.

Dallek 1998, p. 564. Despite recommendations in August from Harriman, Vance, Clifford and Bundy to halt bombing as an incentive for Hanoi to seriously engage in substantive peace talks, Johnson refused.

Dallek 1998, p. 67. Bill Moyers was the youngest member of Johnson's staff.

Dallek 1998, p. 68. Rapid legislative initiatives The new president thought it advantageous to quickly pursue one of Kennedy's primary legislative goals—a tax cut.

Dallek concludes that Nixon's advice to Saigon made no difference, and that Humphrey was so closely identified with Johnson's unpopular policies that no last-minute deal with Hanoi could have affected the election.

Dallek further reports that researchers cited by Hugh Davis Graham soon found that poverty had more to do with family background and neighborhood conditions than the quantity of education a child received.

Dallek stated that Johnson had biographies on all the Senators, knew what their ambitions, hopes, and tastes were and used it to his advantage in securing votes.

Dallek wrote that Nixon's efforts "probably made no difference," because Thieu was unwilling to attend the talks and there was little chance of an agreement being reached before the election.

Woods said Johnson realized he needed to leave in order for the nation to heal. citation Dallek says that Johnson had no further domestic goals, and realized that his personality had eroded his popularity.