Word: fairness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Congress, wary of public reaction, were content to let Carter take the lead on the issue, but some Democratic Senators voiced approval. Observed Lloyd Bentsen of Texas: "The President is doing what has to be done. He has proposed a broad national energy policy. It should be given a fair hearing, not nibbled to death...
...Carter's program fair? Most Americans seem uncertain ? dubious. Many wonder whether their own sacrifice might simply be negated by the neighbor who fails to follow suit. A common complaint is that of Rita Gibson, a Boston delicatessen owner: "The guys with money will still be able to afford as much gas as they want. Only the little guys will suffer." Asks Peggy Matthews, a New York public relations executive: "Why should some poor apartment dweller sit and shiver when all the office buildings in Manhattan are shining brightly all night long?" Contends Werner Uebersax, a Catonsville (Md.) College...
Though surprisingly subdued so far, regionalism is an obstacle of unknown seriousness to the Carter program. Protests Pat Wakefield, mayor of Hunter's Creek, an affluent Houston suburb: "There's nothing fair about controlled gas prices at the same time as those people in the East and North are refusing to permit drilling in their states...
...illegal immigrants often have more to fear from exploiters, or "coyotes," as they are called, than they do from American authorities. They are fair game for every kind of shyster lawyer and racketeer, many of their own ethnic background. The victims of the fleecing can scarcely complain to the police, lest they give themselves away...
...remain chairman and will still hold 6% of CBS's stock. He took care to tell shareholders at the annual meeting in Los Angeles, where he announced the switch, that he would keep a hand in "such areas as policy questions, acquisitions, planning and creative activities" -a pretty fair definition of a chief executive's interests. Said one CBS insider: "Paley has given up every position except emperor...