Word: listing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...litany of Western complaints goes back to the beginning of the Carter presidency-the "hit list" of Western water projects, the increasing intrusion of the federal bureaucracy on state and local laws, the general view that the Carter Administration is bent on creating an "energy sewer'' in the West for the greater benefit of the Eastern seaboard...
Five years ago, on the eve of President Richard Nixon's resignation, TIME published a 38-page Special Section on leadership. The world's problems, TIME said, often seemed to be overwhelming the capacity of leaders to deal with them. For its special section, TIME assembled a list of 200 young (45 or under) Americans who already were having a positive impact upon society and who might play pivotal roles in the nation's future. Today, the issue of leadership is more acute than ever. As Jimmy Carter struggles to rally a nation troubled by recession, inflation and the energy...
Some on the 1974 list have done exceptionally well, many have assumed increasingly important posts, and the lives of a few have illustrated the perils that beset those who would fill leadership roles in present-day America. "We are still anticipating our unfulfilled promise," says Bill Moyers, a member of the Class of 200 who remains one of the most perceptive journalists on public television. Roughly half of those on the original list are playing much the same leadership roles as they did five years ago. A quarter seem to be exerting greater impact. The rest have lost standing...
...rest. There were too many excellent candidates to make any such specific claim; inevitably, the choices were in part subjective! Some of the 50 were picked more for potential than for present accomplishments; they are just starting out, but TIME's editors liked where they are heading. The list does not include many outstanding Americans who lead in the arts. The visionary architect, the composer, the actor, for example, may all make distinguished contributions to the quality of American life. But TIME was looking for people whose effect upon the society was?and will be?more tangible and direct...
...list shows how times have changed; women and minorities are better represented than they were five years ago. All those on the list share one characteristic, the sense of boldness that remains the prime prerequisite for leadership...