Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thought that by acting quickly and swiftly dismissing the officials who displeased him, he could project a decisive, take-charge image. Said Hamilton Jordan: "He felt it was better to do it without hesitation so there would not be a cloud of uncertainty and apprehension over some departments for weeks and weeks." Instead, the President's unprecedented purge, and the degree of political motivation that seemed to be involved, raised still more questions about his own leadership instincts...
...apparently intended the mass resignations as a dramatic symbol of a fresh start, as Nixon had done at the beginning of his second term. But Carter's coup de theatre looked more like amateur melodrama. He could have fired the subordinates who displeased him with less trauma and far better effect on his image as an executive. But he nonetheless sought everyone's resignation, apparently not anticipating how the act would be perceived at home and abroad...
...After examining the tape, an acoustics expert told the committee that there was a "50% chance" that someone besides Lee Harvey Oswald had fired one shot at the President from the famous "grassy knoll." Two other sound experts enthusiastically raised the chances to "95% or better...
...better to burn out than it is to rust...
...course they don't, but for now at least Young can still make a good record, and the whole electric side of Rust Never Sleeps sounds better than anything since After the Gold Rush and reminds us that the man who made Comes A Time hasn't completely sold out. The acoustic side, too, has more interesting lyrics and arrangements than Comes A Time, for those who enjoy understated music...