Word: aiming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lack of any "single overwhelming crisis" facing the nation, he presented a modest vision of Government's role in relatively tranquil times that may be more in keeping with what the people want than his increasingly outspoken critics realize. But whether the speech could achieve its main aim of building confidence in his ability to manage the U.S. economy remained open to question...
Carter took the advice, and last week he delivered a barrage of pronouncements that did add up to a reasonably coherent program. It was unexciting, unsurprising, unadventurous, but it seemed designed to appeal to the nation for those very reasons. The aim, apparently, is to present Carter as a prudent manager, aware that the tangled complexities of guiding a growing but troubled economy prevent any President from doing everything at once, ready to put off those goals that are merely desirable in favor of those that are essential. The program's main elements...
...drop in the tax rate on most corporate profits from the present 48% to 45% late this year, 44% in 1980. Another $2 billion would be provided by repeal of the federal tax on telephone calls and a cut in unemployment-insurance taxes levied on companies. The overall aim: to offset the bite of higher Social Security and energy taxes, which the President conceded would otherwise drag the economy down by the end of 1978, and give businessmen more cash to invest. If Congress agrees, the cuts will take effect...
...except for trim) Horizon sibling. Chrysler hopes that brisk orders will make up for a turndown in sales for its compact Aspen and Volare models. At 30 m.p.g., the Omni and Horizon exceed federal fuel economy standards for 1985, thus putting Chrysler in a good position for taking direct aim at Japanese competition (Toyota, Datsun) and Volkswagen's Rabbit, which will begin rolling off a VW-built assembly line in Pennsylvania in April...
...account for a quarter or more of the nation's crime. The first wholesale attack on the problem began only three years ago, when 24 cities, with federal funds and a good idea, both provided by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, began establishing career-criminal prosecution units. The aim: first identify multiple offenders, then shepherd their cases diligently through the courts until conviction. In 30 months, the nationwide program has put away over 5,000 hard-core criminals for terms averaging more than 14 years each...