Word: govern
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have a President who is not free to focus fully upon complicated issues and govern this nation during a crisis like the one with Iraq [CLINTON'S CRISES, March 2]. He has been sacrificed by a judiciary bowing to political and prurient interest. America's hard-won heritage of freedom and privacy has been permanently excised, and there has been a rebirth of the Inquisition by an obviously partisan prosecutor. KATHLEEN NELSON Tucson, Ariz...
...long film. None of the characters break through their stereotypes. Leonardo DiCaprio is the street-savvy pauper who attracts Kate Winslet with his wit, good looks and carefree lifestyle. Winslet is the helpless rich girl who feels trapped by the rigid conformity of her class that seem to govern her entire life. Their love is a for-bidden one since she has already been betrothed to a man she does not love...
...dirty little secret of the Democratic Party that, as enthusiasm for an active federal government has waned, the party has been unable to replace the New Deal/Great Society mindset of yesterday. Clinton's wishy-washy centrism succeeded in defeating George Bush but failed to instill confidence in the Democrats' ability to govern. As a result, the unthinkable happened--a Republican congress was elected for the first time in 40 years...
Richard Nixon and the nation have passed a tragic point of no return. It now seems likely that the President will have to give up his office: he has irredeemably lost his moral authority, the confidence of most of the country, and therefore his ability to govern effectively...
...year, don't cheer the heavily financed and poorly conceived proposals as models for national reform; first they need to be responsible pieces of legislation and not just whim writ large. California voters should have enough sense to turn down these types of proposals for more serious methods to govern their state--the officials in Sacramento should be called upon to do more for their constituencies. As this election season heats up and the bold positions of the Californian propositions again make headlines, the nation should focus on the real question of California politics: whether or not the initiative system...