Word: leadership
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Presumably God will forgive the Soviet leadership for their repression of religious freedom and the official doctrine of atheism-I would think nyet...
...murder in Nicaragua of a good newsman [July 2]. President Anastasio Somoza should personally bear the responsibility for the death of ABC's Bill Stewart. When a military force is reduced to the murder of unarmed reporters, one has to question the discipline of that force and its leadership...
...both his friends and foes talked of lack of leadership...
...through his week in Asia, however, Carter was reminded of how angrily his leadership is being questioned at home, largely because of the energy crisis. Polls published while he was in Tokyo show him not only trailing Senator Edward Kennedy in popularity but losing to potential Republican challengers Ronald Reagan and Howard Baker as well. In fact, the President's overall approval rating?29%?is barely above the levels of Harry Truman and Richard Nixon at their lowest points...
With President Carter off in Asia all week, Washington seemed a city without leadership, but Congress was anxious to provide some sense of forward movement. When Democratic Representative Bill Moorhead of Pennsylvania introduced a bill last January to produce 500,000 bbl. a day in synthetic fuels by 1985, he won little support; but when the gas lines began to form, as Moorhead put it, they "ignited the bill." Almost overnight, he found he had 170 cosponsors, including many Republicans...