Word: esteemed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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More and more Congressmen maintain that their freedom from party directives makes them better legislators. Says Maine Republican William Cohen: "Today's Congressman keeps in closer touch with his constituents, and that helps generate a more responsive system." Even so, Americans still hold the Congress in low esteem. According to a Harris poll in November, only 15% of the voters expressed much confidence in Congress, a slight increase from the 9% of a year earlier but far below the high...
...great many Americans are discovering this Christmas that sending a computer to the showers in bitter defeat swells human self-esteem in a wonderfully satisfying way (and losing to the wretched thing raises the dark suspicion that humanity's number may be up). Stores are full of computer games-or, in some cases, are sold out of items like Parker Bros.' Code Name: Sector (up to $50), in which the computer plays the part of a hunted submarine, and Milton Bradley's bleeping, buzzing Electronic Battleship (also up to $50)-and customers trying to buy them. Games...
...Egypt and Israel improved markedly following Sadat's visit to Jerusalem. About 40% of those polled said their impressions of Egypt had improved, while Israel-already popular in the U.S.-was viewed more favorably by 27%. Both Sadat and Israeli Premier Menachem Begin also rose in public esteem. There was widespread feeling reflected in the poll (64%) that Sadat and Begin are equally interested in peace. A minority thought that Sadat (24%) or Begin (7%) had shown more concern for a settlement...
...while, anyway. Since election day, Ray's popularity has dropped sharply. NIX ON DIXY bumper stickers are starting to appear, and critics are complaining about "Raydiation." Her decline in esteem is due in part to the fact that Ray has turned out to be something of an autocrat, who insists on loyalty at every level. One of her first acts was to replace the staff at the Governor's mansion, including some servants who had been there for years. Her aides, says one fellow Democrat, "aren't just yes people. They're yes-yes-yes people. She intimidates...
Gradually, this esteem for the ancients was undermined by notions of liberty and equality that in part stemmed from the French Revolution. The prerogatives of age were swept away. At the end of the 18th century, the first American mandatory retirement laws were enacted in New York State...