Word: acted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some of those close to the President see a man wielding power who is struggling now as much with himself as with an angry world. How to get information? What sources to believe? Whom to consult? When to act? What to say? Which of his staff to unleash? Which to restrain...
...facts of the Russian threat are now inescapable to everyone," says a strategist. "The President sees what the hell is going on. Up until recently he did not essentially believe what he was told by many concerned people." Carter's act of open-mindedness was truly courageous, by most measures, and led to a clearer picture of the need for more defense spending, ending the Turkish arms embargo, searching for better ways to help beleaguered friends. But then THE BETTMANN ARCHIVE Carter's political weakness surfaced. Talking tough was a way to rally American voters and foreign leaders...
...congressional Democrats pressured Ike to increase funding. He held off until the Soviets launched Sputnik in 1957. Then the first significant breach was made in hold-the-line spending. Fearful that the Russians might surpass the U.S. in science and technology, the President backed the National Defense Education Act, which authorized $900 million in aid to schools and colleges, especially for scientific study...
...earnings, Claire's Social Security check is for $177, and her Supplemental Security check is for $55.28 (of which HEW contributes $20.80). The two grandparents get a chance to eat out at meal sites run by a state-administered program set up under HEW'S Older Americans Act. They can have one free meal daily. Neither grandparent has to worry about medical bills: Medicaid (equally funded by HEW and the state) and Medicare pay them...
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