Word: action
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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BRITAIN Maggie Gets A for Action With zest and drive, the new Prime Minister sweeps into office...
...made at a hastily called meeting in Washington, sponsored by Nader's group. "This represented a real turning point for the movement," says Tim Massad, one of the organizers. "Before this we had a network of groups on the local level. But now we see people directing mass action at the President and Congress, the people ultimately responsible for Harrisburg, instead of individual utilities." The "May 6 Coalition" initially raised $20,000 from foundations such as the Stern Fund and other private contributors, and collected $100,000 at the march itself to cover most costs...
...them help prepare an emergency rationing program. Meantime he would have assembled the Governors and filling-station operators and demanded a voluntary plan of restraint and allocation. Johnson might have overdone it, mused this fellow, but he would have been out ahead of the problem, leading the way. Such action in matters with a high psychological ingredient often staves off further complications. But it is an alien style for Carter, who still tries to lead by following...
With zest, an unaccustomed light touch and the drive of a workaholic, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher swept grandly into office last week. The widely accepted grading of her initial high-speed performance: A for action...
John E. McDonough, the member of the national staff of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union who suggested the resolution, said that the city's action reaffirms its commitment to the national boycott of the corporation...