Word: governability
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...that he has arrived at an impasse. He is blocked on absolutely every route, but he is a man who cannot change his mind, and he has no conception of modern economics and politics. Nothing will change him. If he does change his mind, he will be unable to govern any more. But if he does not, he will not be able to do anything either. He is at an impasse, so I think that, alas, there will be an explosion...
...nations, it is true, there is firmer leadership than half a decade ago. Margaret Thatcher, Britain's new Prime Minister, has taken a decisive, confident line, though her countrymen must wait to see where it leads. Germany's Helmut Schmidt and France's Valéry Giscard d'Estaing govern their countries with an effective margin of strength and popularity...
...program is approved by the lame-duck Parliament, she will become the first woman to govern Portugal since Queen Maria II in 1853. The chipper diplomat, who is single, is undaunted by that prospect. She acknowledges Maggie Thatcher's political pioneering. "We have always imitated the English," she quipped last week. "After all, we only started liking our own port wine after they...
...Parents are the crucible of our lives. The coffin never confines them. They stalk our memories, govern almost all of our acts and can never be exorcised, will it as we may. Da, meaning dad, is what this salty Irish play is all about, and in the title role, Barnard Hughes is formidable and irresistibly jocund...
Opponents of the bill have offered many amendments designed to cripple the bill by making it so unacceptable to its liberal supporters that they wull ultimately vote against it. Although these amendments were all defeated in the House Govern School of Education; and Peggy Stern, an officer of Harvard's Education for Action Program...