Word: less
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...liberals will attempt to soften the restrictions on foundations. A conference committee will have to resolve the differences between the House and Senate versions of the bill. Still, ultimate passage of some kind of relief and reform bill is certain. Although it believes the Senate version will result in less short-term revenue loss, the Treasury Department has placed its imprimatur on both bills. Few Congressmen or Senators will be able to face their constituents in next year's elections unless they can show that they tried to lighten the taxpayer's load...
...shocked that the crisis showed no signs of letup, the Arabs grew uneasy. Nasser invited both sides to conciliatory talks. Lebanese Army Chief Emile Bustani promptly flew into Cairo with proposals for a truce. In agreeing to the meeting, Helou insisted that "Lebanon's sovereignty should not be less than that of any other Arab state." In other words, he still wanted final say about where the guerrillas should operate...
...disillusioned Latin Americans were seriously asking whether the U.S., preoccupied with Viet Nam and domestic crises, really cared. Not until last week, after more than nine months of reassessment, did Nixon give his answer. "We do care," he told Latin America. "I care." The President could hardly have said less. But how much did he care? And in what ways? Nixon expressed his concern rather quietly, in the form of a sedate and pragmatic U.S. approach to relations with its neighbors. Businesslike and low-keyed, his proposals were a far cry-and, some felt, a refreshingly realistic departure-from...
Listening More. The President's policy, outlined before the Inter-American Press Association in Washington, called for a more balanced partnership rather than an American-dominated alliance. From now on, the President promised, the U.S. would listen more and lecture less; it would be "guided by a healthy awareness that give-and-take is better than take-it-or-leave...
...distinctly mixed. Said former Argentine President Arturo Illia, who was deposed by the military in 1966: "It is a concrete diagnosis, but not a cure. The situation is more serious than is expressed by Nixon." Brazilian Economist Roberto Campos was pleased with Nixon's approach, which was less condescending than past U.S. attitudes. "The U.S. today is much less certain that it understands the realities of life in Latin America," said Campos. "That is a healthy recognition." More characteristic, however, was the complaint aired by the Chilean paper Clarin, which claimed that "frustration was the sentiment after the speech...