Word: actions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...despair, excuses for leadership that has failed to do its job." He echoes, deliberately and inevitably, the older brothers who were assassinated. "We can light those beacon fires again," he promises. "From the hilltops of America, we can send another call to arms, a call for more effective action on all the challenges we face." The crowd of 600 partisan Democrats roars in approval, and when Kennedy strides off the stage, the six-piece band in the balcony plays music from Camelot...
However the G.O.P. contest comes out, it promises to be as action filled as the fight between Carter and Kennedy. After that will come what House Speaker Tip O'Neill grimly calls "an s.o.b. of an election...
Still, by two widely followed barometers, Kennedy is the Senate's liberal standard bearer. Last year, as usual, the Americans for Democratic Action gave him a nearly 100% approval rating for his voting record on major legislation, while the Americans for Constitutional Action graded him at close to zero...
...Kennedy for several years has avoided the liberal label. It is a designation that has fallen on hard times since the demise of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. Congressional liberals once took pride in supporting vigorous Government action to solve the nation's economic and social problems. But although most Americans still favor a high level of Government services, the increasing cost, waste and bureaucracy surrounding these services inspire many citizens to oppose Government operations that do not directly benefit them. Moreover, many of today's disputes have gone beyond the classic liberal-conservative debate. In a conflict between environmental...
...19th century form of liberalism. In his New York speech, he said: "We are making a clean break with the New Deal and even the 1960s. We reject the idea that Government knows best across the board, that public planning is inherently superior or more effective than private action. There is now a growing consensus, which I share, that Government intervention in the economy should come as only a last resort...