Word: high
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Even so, Carter's handling of the mass firings caused Europeans to cluck in wonder. A high-ranking West German Foreign Ministry official asked: "Is this serious, or is this just a great religious exercise for the soul?" Oslo's middle-roading daily Verdens Gang called the Washington situation a "circus" and a "balancing act without a safety net." Concluded London's conservative Daily Mail: "From this side of the Atlantic, Jimmy Carter's frenzied efforts to revive his personal standing with voters before the next presidential election look more like a narcissistic charade than...
Only 30 months ago, the Carter economic team started work in an atmosphere of high hopes. Rarely had an Administration mobilized such formidable economic firepower, filling the Cabinet with five Ph.D. economists: Blumenthal, Commerce Secretary Juanita Kreps, Labor Secretary Ray Marshall, Energy Secretary James Schlesinger and Chief Economist Charles Schultze. In addition, a number of Carter's appointees possessed impressive managerial credentials. Blumenthal had headed the Bendix Corp., one of the nation's best-run firms, while Bert Lance, Carter's first Budget Director, was a highly successful banker...
...views of his own generation," explained the 66-year-old O'Neill, "but he feels that this is one of those ways he shows his respect for this institution. Through the years, members in this chamber, long before air conditioning, wore wigs and swallow-tailed coats and high mufflers. The chair thinks this history shows respect for the Congress...
...Brown's critics in California say the postponement is caused by high confusion in Jerry's campaign tactics and strategy. Reports TIME West Coast Bureau Chief William Rademaekers: "The main problem seems to be that Jerry Brown has run down on issues and in the process worn out his welcome mats. The invitations from outside the state are not flowing in. He has difficulty finding the 'right' audience and, when he finds it, making the 'right' speech...
Facing the harsh reality that he had lost American support, Somoza placed all his high-ranking Guardia officers with 30 years or more service on the retirement list. That step allowed them to immediately abandon their commands and seek refuge in the U.S. or elsewhere in Latin America. As Somoza's officers planned their getaways, Nicaraguan Congressmen who had been confined in Managua's Intercontinental Hotel grew increasingly panicky. Finally, they were called into a post-midnight session. They unanimously accepted Somoza's resignation and conferred the blue-and-white sash, symbolic of the presidency...