Word: behind
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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THIS EFFORT IS NOT pure and traditional socialism. We're trying to find a point somewhere beyond the New Deal--an American transition," says Don Rose, a Citizens Party organizer and the political strategist behind Chicago Democrat Jane Byrne's mayoral upset. The party filed a statement with the Federal Election Commission, laying out a gentle Party line for the transition: "There is nothing wrong with profit, or with private ownership. What is wrong is when private interest, and not the public good, determines how we live. That is what must be changed, and that is the issue...
...Charlie rejects his father's loving attitude, risking cynicism to confront reality. Yet Da whispers inescapably in his ear, whining a little, laughing a little, somehow a step behind and a step ahead...
...course there's the interest factor. No self-respecting sports department would throw its weight behind a team that had only ten spectators at the home game. "We want to make sure that we're not underwriting a fad," says Janus. Several people raised eyebrows when the women's hockey team gained varsity status a short while ago--"they thought it was a passing fancy," Janus recalled. So it's unlikely that the ultimate frisbee squad will petition anytime soon for a place in the upper echelon...
...addition, Kennedy has long been a prime mover behind efforts to limit the political and economic power of the oil conglomerates. At his behest, for example, the Federal Trade Commission is now considering an anti-trust rule that would prohibit oil companies from owning the means of distribution--the pipelines. "Major oil companies use pipelines as bottlenecks to restrict supplies to consumers and to raise prices unfairly," he says...
...behind Providence...