Word: concernedly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...United Nations. The first prominent black to throw his weighty influence behind the Carter candidacy, Young candidly admitted that his friends had "been cussing me out and crying" over his decision to accept the post−one that does nothing to help the condition of U.S. blacks. But his concern over linking U.S. interests with those of the emerging Third World nations−and Carter's persuasiveness−overcame Young's strong desire to remain in Congress...
...Werner) Michael Blumenthal, 50, fits the Carter specifications for Cabinet officers with almost ball-bearing precision. He is a topnotch businessman with a concern for social causes. He is a Democrat but not a big spender. He favors some national economic planning but not the amount called for by the Humphrey-Hawkins full-employment bill. He is praised by labor leaders and businessmen alike. Says Douglas Fraser, a vice president of the United Auto Workers: "He is a very enlightened industrialist. His social values are solid, and he practices them...
...York City (Harlem) Congressman Charles Rangel spelled out his concern for the appointee: "It takes a lot of courage for a man of Andy Young's reputation to go to the U.N. and deal with the credibility gap that we have with the Third World nations. I don't envy him. In fact, if I were a religious man, I'd be praying...
Zbigniew Brzezinski spent three hours with TIME Correspondent Christopher Ogden before Jimmy Carter's election, discussing the problems that will soon become his daily concern...
...fascists in the '40s, loyalty oaths in the '50s, school prayer in the '60s and commercialism in the '70s. But the author's unwritten motto is always Multum in parvo (much in little). He avoids issues like integration and Viet Nam; the sharpest attacks concern mistakes that are less global than verbal. When the Reader's Digest changes one of his sentences, for example, he fires off a note to the publisher announcing that, unlike the vanilla bean, White does not wish to be extracted...