Word: bearing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Carter may be the hero of the Middle East peace treaty, but one wonders if the history books will also give due honor to the downtrodden taxpayers of our country, who have to bear the burden of shelling out the billions of dollars to bribe Sadat and Begin to agree to Carter's terms...
...gone. If an equitable, and not necessarily severe, program of rationing coupled with price controls were instituted it would achieve conservation without drastic inflationary effects. Rationing would spread the burden more evenly over all segments of society. Price increases put the load, as usual, on those least able to bear it. As for adverse political consequences, dollar a gallon gas isn't liable to win many votes, either...
...this hardware remained subject to bargaining. Said Defense Secretary Harold Brown: "You've heard a lot of figures and you'll hear a lot more." Illinois Republican Congressman Robert Michel went further, predicting: "When all the diplomatic fine print is exposed, every one of Carter's bear hugs with Sadat and Begin will cost the American taxpayer a billion dollars or more...
...suggest you bring your conscience and your skills to bear at the same time--too many people in the business community have let their consciences stay home," Nader said...
...Handsome but lethargic, this youthful Billy Carter barely peeps while his new bride flies about doing labor organizing with the self-described 'lefto' from Central Park West. Bridges tries valiantly to inject this regional stereotype with credibility but unfortunately, his Sonny comes off like a muscle-bound teddy-bear blessed with the patience of Baptist Mother Theresa. Supposedly a divorced father, Sonny behaves with such liberated understanding that it seems impossible any woman would depart from this well-built fount of warmth and wisdom. The character fails because he was created simply to be the 'wife' every working woman needs...