Word: hawkishness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...safety of the passengers and calls for pilots to comply with hijackers' demands whenever possible. The pilots are also disturbed by the casual attitude of the Italian government, which did not get around to drawing up a bill making skyjacking illegal until two months ago. The most hawkish position on skyjacking is that of the Israeli government, which advises El Al pilots: "There will be no deals, ever, regardless of the risks involved." Says an airline executive in London: "The Israelis are now prepared to let the terrorists blow up Golda Meir before they give...
Thus Nixon appears more hawkish on controls than McGovern. The Senator would abolish most statutory controls and substitute voluntary wage-price guidelines. He would, however, give the White House direct authority to order rollbacks of increases that flagrantly exceeded those standards. What changes Nixon might make in present controls is not at all clear. Administration officials hope that as inflation calms down they can progressively loosen the reins and make more exemptions. They expect the program ultimately to fade away-but how soon, no one will even guess...
...Jewish voters -and wealthy Jewish contributors-by even hinting that his affection for Israel was less than total. One of George McGovern's insistent, and so far less than persuasive campaign themes, has been his distinguishing between his dovish stand on Viet Nam and his relatively hawkish position in support of Israel...
...dominated by right-wing dictatorships, whose leaders he has flattered more than protocol demands. His praise of such oppressive black rulers as Kenya's Jomo Kenyatta and the Congo's Joseph Mobutu, suggesting that U.S. black leaders emulate them, was a major gaffe. He is even more hawkish on the war than Nixon, and his seeming willingness to escalate military conflict would make him a dangerous President. He even initially opposed Nixon's overtures to China...
Significantly, the majority support for the President's policies is equally divided between Republicans and Democrats. Some voters from both parties echo hardline, hawkish positions, saying that the U.S. should escalate the action even further if that is what is needed to win the war. "Fight it and get it over with," says Mrs. Wilma ("Billie") Renner, a Lawrenceburg, Ind., housewife and a Republican. "We're being pushed around overseas and at home. I'm disgusted with people not backing President Nixon." Walter Glamp, a Dublin, Md., high school counselor who voted for Edmund Muskie...