Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pork barrel, and Congress wants to leave it in. The basic fight is as simple as that, but the ramifications are enormous, millions of Americans will be affected, the issues are hotly debatable, and the struggle threatens to become the new President's most serious conflict with Capitol Hill...
Left unanswered in the last-minute senatorial rush to heap praise on Champion were questions about his opinions on issues like welfare reform and national health insurance, as well as potential conflict-of-interest problems arising from his previous position at Harvard. After generating some heat, but very little light, the members of the Finance Committee failed to resolve the very questions they raised, and ignored issues of possible future importance. Sadly, the Champion confirmation hearings resembled the circus that was performed all too often on Capitol Hill this spring...
Mansfield said the United States should maintain friendly ties with East Asia, lessen tensions in the area to prevent conflict, and prevent any one power from dominating East Asia...
...else. Jimmy Carter has been tossing out these words with frightening freedom-frightening at least to some of the Middle East leaders and most professional diplomats. As ambiguous as any oracle. Carter has bestowed some of these loaded words on just about every aggrieved party in the Arab-Israeli conflict; but for the moment at least, the Israelis seem to be getting the worst of it. After Carter had announced himself in favor of a Palestinian "homeland," there were widespread suspicions that the President might be laying the groundwork for a subtle shift in American policy-not really away from...
...praise for his success in lowering Harvard's crime rate--yet his notable failure to maintain good relations with his employees tarnishes this otherwise enviable record. Now that he is departing, the University should reconsider the wisdom of such a policy, and make the effort to resolve this inner conflict that it has previously avoided...