Top definition Manchurian candidate unknown a candidate running for office who publicly supports one group to win election, but uses his executive or legislative powers to assist an opposing group; it should not be confused with a sleeper agent who has been brainwashed into working for a political party
PORT HURON. Port Huron is known as the Maritime Capital of the Great Lakes with unique sites to be exploredâ¦immerse yourself in maritime lore by visiting the only existing lightship on the Great Lakes, the Huron Lightship.
Tom Hayden, the driving force behind the manifesto, was a student at the University of Michigan and came from a working-class family. The Port Huron Statement reflects the dissatisfaction and disillusionment many young people were feeling in the 1960s. College enrollments were booming in the 1950s and 1960s, and many students objected to the way college administrators attempted to control their personal lives.