Word: answer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...unwisely said that he disagreed with the court-ordered busing that caused the strife, thus appearing to ally himself with the white demonstrators (see story page 22). Then, asked whether he favored phasing out the controversial oil-depletion allowance, which gives tax breaks to oilmen, Ford forthrightly replied: "The answer is yes." Next day, jogged by angry Congressmen from oil states, Ford explained that he was for ending the allowance only if price controls were lifted from domestic...
Despite his frank reservations about the efficacy of government, Brown remains an optimist and a reformer who says of his undoctrinaire political philosophy: "I'm convinced that activism hi government, credible action, is the answer. That doesn't mean liberal activism. It means simply getting done for people what they need to have done...
...Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns, who favored more wage-price jawboning and a bigger public service employment program than Ford proposed, said, "It is a well-balanced program. Whether it goes far enough as a whole or in individual directions is a complicated question that members of Congress may well answer differently. But I think it is a useful beginning toward the rebuilding of confidence...
...novel owes its title partly to a blistering chili pepper sauce. It marks the return of an earlier Reed hero, Papa LaBas, the great black shamus. To white readers, he is soul's answer to Sherlock Holmes. To Reed, he is torchkeeper of "HooDoo," the 19th century AfroAmerican folk religion and business that dealt in magic cures, spells and charms...
...opening night screening of Antonia at the Boston Center for the Arts, and spoke more on this point. They said that while they were filming, they tried to lead Brico to say that yes, she was gratified to have pioneered a trail for other women to follow. Brico's answer came back crystal clear--"I would have given up that odious distinction to have conducted more." That is perhaps a hard thing for us to hear. We would rather think our martyrs find a comfort in their roles. But Brico is first and last an artist--and implicit...