Word: madison
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Wilson and Roosevelt, Presidents uneasily wielded the powers of dictators; authority that had been skillfully diffused throughout Government was concentrated in one person until the crisis was surmounted. But to Laski the "whole genius of the system" was against the continuation of such power, if only because, in James Madison's words, "the accumulation of powers in a single hand is the very definition of tyranny." Besides, once the danger has passed, other interests, in and out of Government, want their power back. Throughout most of American history, the public has thus been satisfied with what Theodore Roosevelt called...
...Union that the American people have had to hear. Even during the Civil War, President Lincoln each year offered gratitude for the excellent health of the people and for abundant harvests. Even in 1814, when British troops had recently set fire to the city of Washington, President Madison felt that he could anticipate the expulsion of the invaders. Even in 1931, with economic disaster everywhere, Herbert Hoover promised that the value of traditional American virtues would soon prove itself again...
...turn was preceded on the dance floor by the Philly-Dog, the Boston Monkey, the Boogaloo, the Frug, the Roach, the Pony, the Watusi, the Mashed Potato, Jack-the-Ripper, the Fly, La Pachanga, the Dish Rag, the Slop, the Hully Gully, the Horse, the Twist and the Madison (renamed the Stomp). And before that, as exhumed by late-night World War II movies, there was Frank Sinatra jitterbugging...
...retired wholesale grocer in Fayetteville, N.C., named Guy Madison Brock, 73, wrote out a check for $1,000 as his contribution toward paying off the national debt, which is now $493 billion. "I'm not a crackpot," Brock declared. "I just wanted to do something for my country...
Mayer, an economic expert and probing author of such books as Madison Avenue, U.S.A. and The Lawyers, examines the standards used by banks to decide who will-and who will not-get a personal loan. He looks into the cozy relationships between many senior loan officers and their favorite corporate clients and considers the swelling torrent of bank paper work-28 billion checks in 1974 alone-that each year threatens to swamp the entire system...