Word: combatancy
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...considered judgment: "Without question, Nixon had the potential to be the greatest conservative political leader of his time; he knew his goals and he had the skills required to achieve them. Yet he had a fatal flaw too, an inability to tolerate criticism, an instinct to overreact in political combat. I don't know which came first, the liberals' loathing of Nixon or Nixon's loathing of the liberals, but the passions fed on one another, grew more and more bitter, until once he achieved the presidency, Nixon could not resist the urge to use his awesome...
...materials already intrinsic to the game: the sudden death nature of the tiebreakers introduced by James Van Alen in the 60s; overhead smashes and crosscourt chops, cuts, slices, lobs, which reminded World War II army vets of mortars and grenades; volleying at the net was like hand-to-hand combat; and the ace was like heavy artillery...
...difficult decision in my stomach, but not in my head." He left the order of the military, where he knew what was expected of him, for the uncertainties of the political scene made all the more unpredictable by Watergate. Reflecting, he says: "I've commanded units in combat in which the ultimate sacrifice is demanded, and I suppose that has conditioned me to a degree...
...combat it has been, with scarcely a letup since he took over a year ago from the compromised H.R. Haldeman. "During this time of repeated shelling of the White House, Al has never lost his composure," says Leonard Garment, assistant to the President. "He has dealt with the problems of the wounded with both compassion and detachment." In contrast to the closed-door policy of Haldeman, Haig has made the White House more accessible and a more pleasant place in which to work; there is at least a modicum of grace under ferocious pressure. "It's fun to deal...
Like other military men who have served as White House aides, Haig was chosen because he was something more than a general. Though he served in combat in Korea and Viet Nam and was decorated for heroism, he spent most of his career as a military organization man, a position in which he was unexcelled. He finished a lackluster 214th in a class of 310 at West Point, but he advanced rapidly through the Army and Navy war colleges and received a master's degree in international relations at Georgetown University. During the Kennedy Administration, he was named deputy...