Word: farmerly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ohira is a stocky, heavy-lidded farmer's son who sifts his thoughts, acts cautiously and speaks slowly. But behind Ohira's placid manner lurks a strong mind and steel will. He is more intellectual than most Japanese politicians. At least once a week he visits a bookstore to browse and buy; he reads Japanese authors and foreign writers in translation (a recent acquisition: John Kenneth Galbraith's The Age of Uncertainty...
...Farmer...
...have called the shots straight down the line. I am a farmer in the 300-to-400-acre bracket, and it is not enough anymore to work by the sweat of one's brow. The hard work now is pushing a pencil and a pocket calculator. Those who talk about our tractors with air conditioning and radios should know that we who still must drive a tractor must also plan and keep up with the changing markets on our radios...
...glad I still know small farmers; people who care for the land and don't feel the need to rip out lovely old shade trees. Mr. Benedict is no farmer; he's just another Big Businessman...
...most stunning shift occurred in Minnesota, usually one of the most liberal states in the nation, where Republican victories jolted the long dominant Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (see box). Of significance elsewhere for the political future were the solid gains made by Republicans in a number of state legislatures. The G.O.P. went into the election controlling both houses of legislature in only two Midwestern states (South Dakota and Nebraska) but won enough victories to take over both chambers in four additional states: Iowa, Kansas, Indiana and North Dakota. In influential Illinois, Republicans made strong gains in both houses...