Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Lance Morrow's article on bigotry does not really level with Protestants. Bigotry began with the great Inquisition of a few centuries ago, during which Christians who didn't believe what the Popes ordained were killed. Personally I think John Paul is the first real Bible-believing Pope. He didn't say anything that Dwight L. Moody and Billy Graham have not been saying for years. Hooray...
Burke, 26, the Senator's administrative assistant. There are only men at the top level of Kennedy's staff; women work in subordinate jobs. Aides have urged him to put women in senior positions, but he has not done...
...liberal label. It is a designation that has fallen on hard times since the demise of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. Congressional liberals once took pride in supporting vigorous Government action to solve the nation's economic and social problems. But although most Americans still favor a high level of Government services, the increasing cost, waste and bureaucracy surrounding these services inspire many citizens to oppose Government operations that do not directly benefit them. Moreover, many of today's disputes have gone beyond the classic liberal-conservative debate. In a conflict between environmental damage and a loss of jobs...
...This is no time for political macho.'' The historian pointed out that this new form of campaigning also would lift the election process ''out of the ruck of sidewalk hawking and handshaking to a decent level of rational debate.'' Replied Kennedy: ''I agree with Burns. I think that I am going to have to campaign differently.'' By last week Burns' advice was plainly forgotten. The political juices were flowing, and Ted Kennedy was plunging without hesitation into the crowds...
...normal administrative way," in the case of high level policy issues, is usually the frequent meetings between Bok and Horner. Burton I. Wolfman, administrative dean of Radcliffe and nominal secretary to the Committee says, "There haven't been any issues that the Presidents couldn't solve." Horner is less modest about this. "If President Bok and I are doing our various administratvie jobs well," she says, "a sign of a successful agreement is that the Joint Policy Committee...