Word: blunts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...clear, right now," declared a Senator. Nor would they tolerate the nationalization of any troubled industry like the railroads. "We are on the brink of socialism," said a participant. "We want a clear commitment that he will not compromise the free enterprise system." Despite their solemn admonitions phrased in blunt language, the Senators came away believing they had not got their message across to the noncommittal President. "We sensed the same old attitude," said one of them. "We still get the feeling that the White House thinks 'Where else will...
...vital to this nation." Rockefeller sounded the same note to the delegates, saying: "I don't want to see one party of the right and one of the left. I want a party that represents all the people, all points of view." Missouri Governor Christopher Bond was blunt: "I am a little tired of reading about Republicans meeting to discuss the so-called third party option, or organizing committees to 'watch' the President...
...Blunt and Frank. TIME Diplomatic Editor Jerrold L. Schecter, who traveled with Kissinger, reports that the Secretary not only displayed his customary "constructive ambiguity" during the Middle East talks, but also was direct, open and on occasion harshly frank in two capitals he visited. In Cairo, Kissinger acknowledged President Anwar Sadat's argument that Egypt could not pledge Israel nonbelligerency so long as the Sinai remained occupied. In reply, the Secretary pointed out that Israel tacitly accepts Egyptian sovereignty over the Sinai, that Jerusalem regards all occupied territories as negotiable-but that there was a political price...
Kissinger was equally blunt about the perimeters of realistic concessions in the course of a five-hour talk with Syrian President Hafez Assad in Damascus, and his odds on success probably dropped there as a result. Assad fears that Syria might be closed out of negotiations by Kissinger and Sadat. Complaining about "turtle-pace diplomacy," he has begun to press other Arab leaders for their support of either simultaneous talks on all fronts or a return to formal negotiations in Geneva...
...This blunt piece of birth control information is provided by Loretta Lynn, 38, in her latest single The Pill. Many major country-and-western stations want no part of it, however, and are simply not playing the disc. Lynn, one of the top C&W singers in the country, protests: "It isn't as dirty as some of my other songs. I wrote one the other day that is so dirty I have to close my eyes when I sing it." Moreover, she wholeheartedly endorses The Pill. Married at 13, she says, "I had four kids before...