Word: human
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...accomplishments. In this sea of sand split by the green valley of the Nile stretching a man's vision in a thin straight line for hundreds of miles, there is no natural monument to dwarf him. The most breathtaking landmarks are all manmade, defying time and human fallibility. The Egyptian has reared tremendous edifices to remind him of both the finiteness of the human scale and the reach of human aspirations through recorded history...
...toys and flowers were particularly strong. A survey of 40 state governments projects a budget surplus for 1978, and with the extra money comes a dedication to spend wisely. The old ills and excesses, the nation has learned, are too costly-crushing in economic terms and incalculable in human terms. Chicago's Cook County has spent $762,561 defending its public officials in lawsuits brought by the survivors of three Black Panthers gunned down by police...
...complained, "the Office for Civil Rights is mandating practices which would have appalled us a decade ago, practices which mindlessly violate the most fundamental principles of this nation as set down in the Constitution. Such practices evoke one image in our lifetimes above all others: the sorting out of human beings for the death camps of Hitler's Germany...
During the campaign, Jimmy Carter described the U.S. tax system as a "disgrace to the human race" and promised "comprehensive" reforms. But with unemployment at 6.9%, inflation at 6.5% and the economy expected to weaken in the second half of 1978, he has had to shelve most of his ideas for reform. Instead, to stimulate the economy, he settled last week on a package of tax cuts totaling $25 billion?about $3 billion higher than had been expected?which he will recommend to Congress in January. Main features of his tax program...
...most important things that happened in 1977 may not have been in an Executive order or a law passed by Congress or an idea spoken by Jimmy Carter. It may have been the extraordinary web of civilized human relationships spun among the men and women of Washington and world power almost in spite of themselves...