Word: helpful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cannot rally with enthusiasm around a man beseeching help. A President who lists our faults and weaknesses does not inspire us. We need a clarion call: Come on, America! We've done it before and we can do it again. We can solve our energy problem. Nothing is impossible for 220 million Americans pulling together. We went to the moon; we shall not let OPEC bring us to our knees! Oh, for a buoyant, confident leader who can make us feel invincible...
...installed with a $9,500 grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. "This ought to save you money," Carter told Mrs. Rhyne. Then he assured a group of neighborhood residents: "Our country is determined to win the energy war. The people here on East Biddle Street can help me. Do you agree?" The crowd roared its support. Predicting that similar solar units would eventually be" put on homes all over America, Carter asked: "There's no way for them to embargo the sunshine, right?" Again, the audience shouted its agreement...
...public. White House staffers and members of the Energy Department have formed subcommittees to pursue 13 different goals, including winning approval of the synthetic fuels bill and the windfall profits tax. Last week Carter proposed using $1.6 billion of the projected revenue from the tax next winter to help poor people pay the rising costs of heating their homes...
More important than knowing the specific office or official who can help you, though, is simply the willingness to trudge from office to office until you've accomplished your goal. The corridors you'll wait in may be filled with lines of people waiting for audiences, and your tete a tete with an administrator may prove discouraging or unfruitful, but at least you will be taking some form of action. It's better than sitting in your room bemoaning your fate...
Concerned with bridging the gap between theory and practice. International concerns, such as South Africa, the Middle East, hunger, human rights, and nuclear proliferation, are analyzed in terms of partisan and specialized perceptions; of when to use self-help, exert influence, or engage in education; of those officials, journalists, businessmen, or others who might make a difference; of the choices they now perceive; and of ways to change those choices in order to reduce the costs of conflict, to promote one's view of justice, or both. Seeks to develop skills for deciding who should do what tomorrow morning...