Word: inners
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Over the past three months the two Carters made hundreds of decisions, the populist Carter sometimes winning but the tightfisted Carter always there to rap his knuckles. The budget and economic experts who huddled with the President could see the inner struggle. More than once the troops of Treasury Secretary Michael Blumenthal, back in their offices, would look at each other and say, "We do not know where the President stands...
...other folks besides. John F. Kennedy Jr., who neglected to drop his name, was turned away. Aspiring Starlet Sunny Leigh, who claims that club personnel kept her outside the inner sanctum "violently and with great force," is suing Studio 54 for a cool $13 million. Even Dallas Cowboy Defensive End Harvey Martin, the terror of the Super Bowl, was stopped at the door. Now that's selectivity. Or a death wish...
...Patrick Gray, the acting director, politicized the agency by bending to pressure from the Nixon White House to impede the Watergate investigations. Outgoing Director Clarence Kelley, who is due to retire by Feb. 15, has been unable to wrest full control from the remaining members of Hoover's inner circle. Within the past five years, moreover, it has been disclosed that a number of the FBI's 8,400 agents have been involved in illegal entries and mail opening. One agent, John Kearney, was indicted last April in New York for illegal surveillance of the radical underground Weatherman...
...school principals. New York City announced recently that from now on teacher-assault cases will be prosecuted by the city's legal department, rather than dealt with by education officials. The Massachusetts legislature has lately stiffened penalties for assaults on teachers. Los Angeles, meanwhile, is testing an inner-city pilot program known as the "Juvenile Justice Center," in which any offense committed by a neighborhood youth will be tried by one of the center's two judges. "The youngster knows the judge, and everyone else knows the youngster," says Judge David Kenyon. "No way is the youngster going...
...respect for authority and for others part of every student's education. Meanwhile a measure of comfort may be on the way for teachers oppressed by too close encounters with abusive youngsters. UCLA Psychiatrist Alfred Bloch, in a study released last March, found that 250 battered teachers from inner-city Los Angeles schools evinced nervous symptoms akin to "combat neurosis." Now the American Federation of Teachers is offering a special program for them. Worn-down teachers in various cities meet to discuss strategy and vent their frustration. No verbal or physical abuse allowed...