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New Frontier
[cf. frontier n. 4 b.]
A new approach to reform and social betterment; spec. the name given to a programme of social improvement advocated by J. F. Kennedy, President of the U.S. from 1961 to 1963. Hence New Frontiersman, new frontiersman, a proponent of this programme.
1934H. A. Wallace (title) The new frontier. 1960J. F. Kennedy in N.Y. Times 16 July 1/8 The New Frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises—it is a set of challenges. 1962Listener 21 June 1057/2 Even the most ardent new frontiersman..would agree that Mr McCormack was probably not exaggerating. 1963Guardian 22 Feb. 11/4 The energy and sophistication of the New Frontiersmen. 1964New Statesman 10 Apr. 574/1 Baulked of any hope of keeping up with the new frontiersmen of science, it is determined to keep tabs on the new backwoodsmen of architecture. 1969C. Booker Neophiliacs vii. 162 Kennedy's New Frontier America. 1973R. Thomas If you can't be Good (1974) ii. 14 The doctoral thesis I had been researching when summoned to the New Frontier. |