Word: mold
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...indigenous leaders of a community, rather than those adopted by the local CAP, will catalyze trust, then activity, within a constituency. Organization remains the art of improvisation; working with existing organizations, taking advantage of qualities of ambition and self-interest, all to mold a truly democratic organization. As many segments as possible of a given area must participate in the mini-pluralism which leads to a healthy aspect towards growth. When an issue demands confrontation "calm, sound, factual, pithy, and sincere testimony" must document the proposals of the local organization...
...absurd. The tragedy of this Administration lies in the near unanimity in the minds of its officials, and in the lack of opposition to its divisive policies. The Finches and Hickels are our last hope; if they go, no doubt their replacements would be cast in the same unimaginative mold that characterizes Nixon's official circle. Their resignations would deprive them of the publicity accorded high officials, rather than result in any great reassessment of policies...
Richardson's welcome of staff initiative and readiness to exchange ideas should help soothe the temper of HEW, which employs many of Nixon's in-house dissenters. Those liberal dissenters are getting a Secretary cut from the same moderate-to-liberal mold as his predecessor. At the 1968 Miami convention that nominated Nixon and Agnew, Richardson's was one of the few dissenting shouts from the floor when it was moved that Agnew's nomination be made unanimous...
...fearful. I can play up to those people, exploit them, capitalize on them, and get reelected. Or, I could say, that's not good statesmanship, that's not good for the country, and what I must do is to lead, I must not just reflect public attitudes. I must mold...
...responsiveness of the market: GM must be doing a pretty good job, otherwise people wouldn't buy so many of their cars. What Bennett forgets is that there aren't a whole lot of alternatives. When a company shells out $240 million on advertising, they do as much to mold the buyer to the car they're offering as they do molding the car to the buyer. The market-especially the automotive market-has become so much a Pavlovian responder to Detroit-dictated style consciousness, that only the source of the problem can change the public's expectations by offering...