Word: governing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this issue 30 years ago, why discuss it now." Kissinger seemed to say, reaffirming his old leader's attitude towards the country's right to know. But discussion-unfortunately for an administration that believes in talking little and acting precipitously--is one of the basic tenets of democracy. The government is not empowered to decide when the public should think an issue important and how they should view it. The government is only empowered to govern. When an issue is top secret, then and only then, with a certain dependence on the discretion of journalists, can the government in effect...
...imperialist businessmen." But it seems self-contradictory to be running a secret policy of diplomacy with a public policy of denunciation and it bears the secret assumption that nobody of any importance in either country should or can have anything to say in the process of peace. Neither government seems willing to remember that they govern countries of human beings who, given facts, would likely not be enthusiastic about the breakneck course on which things seem to be running. But, in the absence of intelligent, persistent and at least semi-public diplomacy, the only kind of diplomacy presently possible seems...
That puts the movement at apparent odds with much of the general public. According to a poll commissioned by TIME and conducted by SCOPE, a Lucerne-based market research firm, most West Europe ans have closed ranks with their govern ments on the missile issue. Indeed, most people li ving in countries where missiles will be stationed approve of NATO'S dual-track strategy (see chart). West Europeans clearly perceive a serious military threat, not so much from the tough-talking Reagan Administration but from the Soviet SS-20s. The consensus over deployment, how ever, is both precarious...
...trying to give him a heroic political cast, portraying him as a natural leader, a committed Democrat and a candidate with vision. In the process, the Glenn camp has drawn sharp contrasts with what it views as Mondale's beholden and outdated liberalism. Says Glenn pointedly: "To govern is to choose, and to choose is to occasionally say no." Mondale's counteroffensive has been to portray himself as "the real Democrat," contrasting his own mainline party positions with Glenn's more conservative voting record and political innocence...
Students must cast votes: they must have an effective voice: they must have trust and confidence in the people that govern this college. The administration does not want to cover up for harassers. It is fully aware that sexual harassment is illegal. Through its policy, it is trying to avoid unwanted publicity; to administer justice without seeking revenge. Yet it is unable to convey this to a majority of the students. There is no channel for communication; there are no student representatives on the administration...