Word: answer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...forced concessions from the federal government in the way of national programs and laws. The intent was to rectify historical mistreatment and exclusion and to guarantee full opportunities and rights. Due to the mass militant pressure of women and oppressed nationalities, the "government for the people" was forced to answer calls for justice and equality, and charges of hypocrisy and failure to guarantee democratic rights. One of the important victories achieved was the enactment of the Civil Rights...
...changed my mind about that. In whatever way I can be open, I'll do it-with frequent press conferences, fireside chats to explain complicated issues, perhaps with town-hall-type forums around the country, where I answer questions from the public. I think, on occasion, I might very well have Cabinet meetings open for a limited number of news people to come in. I would have a fairly steady stream of visitors-just average Americans whom we've met during the campaign from around the country-to come in and spend a night with...
...your dealings with Congress, might you establish a procedure somewhat similar to the question period in the British Parliament, in which a Cabinet officer-or even you yourself-would go before Congess to answer questions...
...does a certified loony find gainful occupation? The answer is as obvious as the plot of an antique B movie: he rents a remote and gloomy castle and sets up shop as a master criminal, abducting the professor-proprietor of a doomsday machine and forcing him-he has this beautiful daughter, you see-to employ the weapon as an instrument with which to blackmail the world. It is a measure of his madness that all he wants in return for not using the machine is Clouseau's life...
...Answer: Because it can't possibly get through Christmas...