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...Heartless Chic...
...witty, zealous subject is a pioneer, "the first" cutting her way through a man's world that most women were scared even to enter." As to what she is not-including the "bitch" her enemies accused her of being-Sheed is less sure. She is not "a heartless schemer," she is not a "cold climber." Certainly she is not just "Luce's woman." In the end, all he can do is shrug and quote his subject: " 'Do not defend me' is almost her heraldic motto, and I'll do my best...
...LATEST BATCH of heartless cuts recommendations from Washington has spawned more destruction than just the disappearance of whole categories of financial aid. An unavoidable "ripple effect" goes further. It forces strapped universities to retrench on evenhanded and compassionate admissions policies they can no longer afford...
...ambitious and sometimes prodigal heirs of the New Deal carried it far beyond anything that Roosevelt ever proposed. It was one of Roosevelt's beliefs, for example, that welfare should be a temporary measure, and that the recipients should be put to work, a view that is judged heartless when Reagan proclaims it today. It was not Roosevelt but Lyndon Johnson who first organized Government medical insurance, which now costs some $57 billion per year, more than eight times the average federal outlay during Roosevelt's first term. It was not Roosevelt but Richard Nixon who turned
...Ronald Reagan's. Presidents, too, have a difficult time learning that family ties, old friendships, lingering loyalties and personal sympathies must never challenge the national interest. A President's decision to fire an aide who has embarrassed his Administration may initially seem abrupt and heartless. It may sometimes be unfair. But the long eye of history honors those Presidents who understand that the office comes first. Ronald Reagan's decision on the Allen case will tell us much about his understanding...