Word: civilizations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Next day, deliberately delaying the announcement for maximum press attention, Carter appointed Civil Aeronautics Board Chairman Alfred Kahn, a hero in the airline deregulation push, to head his new anti-inflation drive (see box). How did the arrival of Kahn impress Carter's team of economic advisers? Said Schultze: "I feel like Churchill must have felt when he heard that the Americans were entering World...
...spending and to rebate $50 to every American taxpayer? Carter attempted to meet the demands of every constituency of the old Democratic coalition, and practically everybody else as well. He gave in to-or actively encouraged -increases in the minimum wage, Social Security benefits, veterans' benefits, farm subsidies, civil service pensions, grants to states and a plethora of other payouts. He acceded to tariff increases or stricter import limits on sugar and steel, TV sets, CB radios and other products, thus sheltering domestic producers from competition and enabling them to get theirs-by raising prices...
Alfred Edward Kahn is obviously a gambling man. The outgoing chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board says of his new job as anti-inflation chief: "The chances for success are far less than what I had [at the CAB]. I think we're dealing with something that's a hundred times more important, but the chances of success are one-thousandth...
Brooke's backers range from Henry Kissinger to black Civil Rights Leader Jesse Jackson. But Tsongas has a popular supporter too: Senator Edward Kennedy. In the past, Kennedy has never actively helped Brooke's opponents. But sensing that Brooke is in serious trouble, Kennedy has taped TV commercials in behalf of Tsongas, who in turn backs Kennedy's national health insurance plan. If Brooke loses, he will have one small consolation: the Ethics Committee will probably call off its investigation. Otherwise, the probe will...
...Kentucky to join Jackson and waxed wealthy from publishing and real estate. But always the national purpose was a central theme in the family life. Indeed, it was Francis Preston Blair Sr. who twice went off for Lincoln on secret missions to Jefferson Davis to urge peace in the Civil War. That spirit still stalks those halls...