Word: discussed
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...spoke with Harvard's Martin Feldstein and other members of this new group of "incentive economists" and with such top economic policymakers as Treasury Secretary G. William Miller and Presidential Adviser Charles Schultze. Says Taber: "I was surprised to find that officials who often begrudge 15 minutes to discuss current policy would happily sit back for an hour and theorize about what has gone wrong with the economy and why." Until recently, Taber notes, the average American had little familiarity with that topic. Says...
Associate Editor Chris Byron, who wrote the story, finds such economic illiteracy to be on the wane. "Unlike Europeans," he says, "who avidly discuss the economy, Americans have long supposed that it would take care of itself. Only now now are we beginning to change our view...
Shortly after their first session, Young joined Carter again, and the two went into Hamilton Jordan's office. There most of the senior White House staffers had gathered to discuss and lament what was happening to Andy Young. With Carter's arm around his shoulder, Young said movingly: "I have friends here and so I want to tell what I've decided." Two hours later, the normally sarcastic Jody Powell, the White House Press Secretary, was barely able to choke back tears and prevent his voice from quivering as he told reporters that Young was quitting...
Hoan's was not the only voice raised against Hanoi last week. Earlier the regime had been stung by a remark by a member of a delegation of nine U.S. Congressmen who were journeying to Viet Nam to discuss the refugee situation. Massachusetts Democrat Robert Drinan told reporters the refugee exodus proved that Viet Nam was guilty of "one of the most fundamental violations of human rights in this century." The Vietnamese canceled the Congressmen's visit and reinstated it only after pleas from Washington...
Next to listening to someone describing his most recent operation, perhaps nothing is more boring than hearing a runner discuss 1) his daily mileage, 2) the differences between Adidas running shoes and Nikes, 3) the arcana of training diets and carbohydrate loading or 4) all of the above. Unless, of course, it is reading books written by runners, some of whom seem convinced that something as simple as placing one foot in front of the other for a few miles a day really requires some metaphysical-as opposed to metatarsal-underpinnings...