Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...President was having an easy day, few high-level visitors to deal with, no high-pressure meetings. During the afternoon, he stepped onto the stone terrace outside his office and sat at the round glass table where he often holds his weekly national security luncheons. It was hot and sticky, about 95°, but Carter kept his blue jacket buttoned, his red tie high on his collar. Only a few feet away his daughter Amy was taking her first diving lesson, and the sound of the slamming board passed through the hedge that enclosed the patio...
...conscious Carter paid close attention. Now the President's timidity with Congress seemed ended. "I put the 1979 fiscal year budget to bed in December, had it printed up and sent to the Congress in January," he said. "I don't intend to see that budget spending level increased." Carter sounded stubborn, but businessmen as well as Congressmen say they have become accustomed to Carter talking tougher than he acts. Told that congressional leaders believe he will back down on his veto threats, the President arched forward and said with a rolling sonority: "Anyone who depends...
...welcomed enthusiastically in Cairo." Ma'ariv, the afternoon daily, was equally foreboding. "It may be possible to gain a few weeks' breathing space," said the paper. "But it will not be possible to ease American pressure or improve relations with Washington, which are at a distressingly low level." On the same theme, Post Columnist Meir Mer-hav predicted: "There will be a gradual disengagement, not between us and the Arabs, but between the U.S. and Israel. Formerly open doors will become closed, listening ears will turn deaf, and warm sympathy will become icy scrutiny...
...later, Carter raised annual import quotas from 1.3 billion to 1.5 billion Ibs. Now that seemingly enormous amount works out to 1 lb. per American for the rest of this year and will probably clip a few pennies a pound off hamburger. Beef prices in general are expected to level out or decline a bit in the months ahead. But the psychological blow to ranchers has been devastating. The value of their cattle has dropped $6 billion since Carter's import decision, says McDougal, who adds, "We feel betrayed...
...When we concentrate on a material object, whatever its situation," said Vladimir Nabokov, "the very act of attention may lead to our involuntarily sinking into the history of that object. Novices must learn to skim over matter if they want matter to stay at the exact level of the moment. Transparent things, through which the past shines...