Word: forme
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...critics, primarily the Sociobiology Study Group of Science for the People, have indulged in a form of academic vigilantism characterized by misrepresentation, systematic distortion and personal attack. Wilson's views, if correct and rigorously applied, are the antithesis of socialism, Communism and the welfare state; they indicate clearly, if correct, that our human faults and injustices are the product of biological evolution and that a mere change of environment is not going to correct anything. We must recognize our genetic heritage and work to overcome the weaknesses of this biological inheritance...
...programs already evolved by Commerce, and the Administration structures are in place. They would be immediately available for expansion. There's a limit on what we can do in the job-enhancement area. Whatever we can't do in stimulating jobs I would make up with some form of tax reduction. I don't know yet the full level of economic stimulus to recommend. Perhaps I'll decide before January...
...will probably continue the emphasis on exports, but he is also expected to bring the Government back into U.S. agriculture in a big way. One objective: to protect smaller operations among the U.S.'s 2.8 million farms (down from 5.4 million in 1950). This intervention will take the form of higher crop-support prices and increased crop loans coupled with creation of a national grain-reserve system to cushion farmers against price fluctuations...
...offer the first firm clues to Carter's approach to a Third World policy. Human rights are stressed: "The United States should not in any way abet repressive actions or allow itself to be associated with brutally repressive governments." The report cautions against any attempt to dictate the form of Latin governments, but it strongly urges a cutoff of military aid to countries like Chile whose ruling regimes flagrantly violate civil liberties...
...stars in a self-consciously classic western, in which bloody circumstances turn a peaceable man into a vengeful killer. He carries his grudge over many years and half a continent before he can lay his ghosts to rest. Josey Wales recalls just how satisfying this once great popular form...