Word: doubtings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...eight years, as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Paul Volcker was perhaps the second most powerful man in Washington. There were no doubt times, as he squeezed the money supply and cost people jobs in his battle against double-digit inflation, when he was also one of the most unpopular. Volcker, 61, devoted more than three decades to public service; his first appointment after leaving Government in 1987 was as unpaid chairman of the National Commission on the Public Service, a private group trying to improve the lot of the nation's civil servants. Now, as chairman...
...doubt that any of the mayor's would-be successors can replace Vellucci's combined ability to act on his liberal opinions while winning votes from the more traditional neighborhoods. When the next Council takes office a year from now, we may be missing Al Vellucci more than we expect...
...Reagan's foreign policy achievements fall under the shadow of the unethical standards he encouraged. His Administration's deceit on behalf of the Nicarguan contras has been reprehensible. The Administration has tried to cloud foreign policy issues by casting doubt about which branch has Constitutional authority to make foreign policy, or trying to pretend the disputes are mere partisan politics. Would either be a valid excuse for claiming one policy while carrying out another? It becomes a question of honesty and honor. Would any of us buy a used car from Elliot Abrams? Even if Ollie North would deliver...
...scientific evidence has been found that such hormones, administered properly, cause adverse health effects in people who consume the meat. Yet E.C. officials have brushed aside U.S. contentions that the hormones are safe. "Where there is doubt, there must be a total ban to protect consumers," declared Bart Staes, a spokesman for a group of European environmental and political parties that oppose hormone use. The E.C. established a scientific panel to study the issue, but disbanded the group before it could report its findings...
...concession near the North Yemen border has been earmarked for joint development. The border is now open, plans for a combined power grid have been drawn, and a fresh draft of a unified constitution is almost ready for ratification. But past relations have been so rocky that skeptics doubt that the grandiose dreams of one Yemen nation can be realized. "I can't see how the north and this socialist government can ever be put together," says one veteran Western diplomat in Aden...