Word: mold
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Rosalynn Carter may well turn out to be an active presidential wife in the mold of Eleanor Roosevelt, her heroine. "There are so many things that need to be done," she says. "It excites me to think that I could help." She is working with the National Association for Mental Health, and she wants to improve programs for the elderly. She has also promised to "do what I can" to help pass the long-stalled Equal Rights Amendment. She very likely will sit in occasionally on Cabinet meetings and expects to hold issue-oriented press conferences...
Both forwards are 6 ft. 7 in., and while the senior Bergen is cast more out of the "tough" Jerry Lucas mold, sophomore James is a strong offensive threat, whom Sanders terms "a good shooter who we're looking for continued improvement from during the season...
From his first day in office, Jimmy Carter wants to be an activist, innovative President in the boat-rocking mold of Franklin Roosevelt. The U.S., Carter says, is best served by "a strong, independent and aggressive President, working with a strong, independent Congress." It is no mere oversight that he uses "aggressive" only to describe the office he seeks. He regards Congress as "inherently incapable of leadership"-particularly the kind of forceful leadership that he plans...
...economic program of Chou En-lai-the pragmatic, steady approach to development, emphasizing material incentives and technological skills-which Teng, opposed by the radicals, had tried to carry out. The lineup of leaders appearing with Hua at T'ien An Men seems very much in the Chou-Teng mold. They are the cats that, black or white, are primarily interested in catching mice...
...negotiations, caught most of the airline's employees by surprise It was clear that the pilots underestimated the gravity of a signal sent out by Robert Six, 69, Continental's tough chief executive, who is regarded as the last of the pioneer airline bosses in the mold of Juan Trippe (Pan Am) and Eddie Rickenbacker (Eastern). In a memorandum to all employees, Six warned, "I will not mortgage Continental's future by surrendering to demands which will ensure the failure of this company...