Word: followers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Reuther said the Democratic Party should follow the example of American trade unions, including the UAW, to improve party discipline...
...policy of trying to control the money supply by fine-tuning key interest rates often forced the board to pump more funds into the economy than it wanted to, thus aggravating inflation. "Now that they are focusing on central control of [banking] reserves," he says, "and assuming they follow through, I think it assures that we are going to have more stable money growth." Sprinkel adds that the new policy will reduce the inflationary expectations of consumers, businessmen and domestic and foreign financiers. "If you can get expectations down sooner," says he, "the cost of the renewed recession will...
...talked more than the interviewee, always a bad sign. But Frost had felt all along that this verbal tactic would be essential. Said he: "To set up a detailed discussion of a subject like Cambodia, you have to start with a long question and then come back with sustained follow...
Gregory Peck's Atticus is an especially hard act to follow, but Jewison found a superb successor in the person of Al Pacino. Pacino, who plays Arthur Kirkland, the film's do-good hero, first made the big time as Michael in The Godfather. He made it again as the run down hero of Serpico thee years ago, but there's been a drought since. Now comes Arthur Kirkland, who works perfectly for Pacino because he's a blend of Michael Corleone and Serpico. Like Corleone, Kirkland wants to do everything himself; like Serpico, he's a man fighting society...
Inspiring as Rosa's choice is, Burger's Daughter is not primarily a call to follow her path. Gordimer is far too subtle for that--for her, Rosa's commitment is a "holy mystery," one she penetrates with her imagination, but cannot share. Rosa chooses action, but she accepts suffering and self-denial. Burger's Daughter provokes outrage and fear, and then leaves us hanging, torn between activism and knowledge of its costs