Word: generality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Republicans and Democrats, former HUD officials, Congressmen, Governors, mayors and many others -- literally thousands of people -- communicated with me about their requests for housing under a variety of HUD programs. My general operating procedure was to send each request to the appropriate staff at HUD with instructions to consider it carefully, and if the request met the necessary requirements, grant it; if not, deny it. No request was to be given any special advantage because it was submitted by a Republican or was in some way associated with a Republican. My decisions were based on facts, law and logic...
...Inspector General Paul Adams said he repeatedly warned top HUD officials, including you, that there was not proper control over money in HUD foreclosure sales. He also said that when he briefed you last year about his internal investigation of the mod-rehab program, you offered little encouragement...
Similarly, the unions have often called large one- or two-day "stayaways" but have not managed to organize the kind of prolonged general strike that could bring the economy to a halt. Many South African businessmen say privately that the most effective economic sanction of all would be for the millions of black workers simply to stay at home until the government agrees to negotiate. This does not happen, says a diplomat in Pretoria, because "the primary concern of most blacks in South Africa is money. The secondary concern is possible political gain in the future. There is no revolution...
...another sign of red-hot rivalry in the U.S. market, General Motors' Oldsmobile division said last week that it would adopt a novel guarantee: Oldsmobile will allow buyers of its new cars who are dissatisfied for any reason to return the autos within 30 days (or 1,500 miles) for full credit on a different Olds...
...officers of harassment, calling their action "professional and appropriate," and the question clearly became, appropriate for whom? For which race? For the 500 galvanized into protest that week, the answer was clear, as it was for Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III and University Vice President and General Counsel Daniel Steiner, who apologized to the students and appealed to Cambridge and the police. But again, the police have not responded...