Word: doled
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...ideological purity has greater practical significance for the future. Such Republican liberals as Charles Percy, Mark Hatfield and Edward Brooke, whose terms expire in 1973, undoubtedly perceive the warning signal: if necessary, Nixon is prepared to sacrifice even Republican liberals to alter the character of the Senate. Conservative Robert Dole of Kansas does nothing to allay such apprehensions when he says: "The liberals in the Senate are still important, but they're not the key votes." Then Dole muses: "If we get more conservatives, we wouldn't need them...
There is an amazing degree of agreement about the nation's public welfare system: almost no one denies that the federal-state-local mishmash operates to keep millions on the dole, deprives many others of needed help, vexes taxpayers and tolerates a wide range of inequities and abuses that cry out for reform. There was every indication last week, however, that the cry would not be heeded very soon. The Administration's 14-month-old proposal to overhaul the system has reached a legislative impasse...
Appeal to Anxieties. A prevailing argument was voiced by Kansas Republican Robert Dole, who dismissed the measure as "a shallow appeal to the emotions and anxieties of good Americans, who are weary of seven years of war." He contended that the Senate ought to express its confidence that President Nixon was moving toward "peace with honor, rather than retreat and defeat." Some antiwar critics of the Administration cast negative votes in the belief that a withdrawal deadline would hinder rather than help peace negotiations. The defeat of the amendment cleared the way for easy Senate passage of a $19.2 billion...
Long Way. A tough, ambitious man, Dole has come a long way to his role of Nixon's champion. As a second lieutenant with the 10th Mountain Division, he was severely wounded in Italy during World War II, and spent more than three years in Army hospitals. Unable to use his partially paralyzed right arm, he got through college and law school with the help of his wife, Phyllis, an occupational therapist who took his notes and wrote down his answers to examination questions. He has since taught himself to write with his left hand. He began his politica1...
...Dole's perseverance and loyalty are beginning to pay off. Nixon, recognizing Dole's efforts on his behalf, has sent him several "Dear Bob" letters to express his appreciation. His Republican Senate colleagues are considering a greater-and, for a first-term Senator, almost unprecedented -reward. As impressed with Dole's aggressiveness as they are dissatisfied with Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott's frequent failure to back up the Administration, G.O.P. conservatives are quietly maneuvering to oust Scott and give the senior position to Freshman Dole...