Word: moods
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mood was tense and bitter as Taiwan struggled to come to terms with America's virtual abandonment of its onetime ally. President Chiang Ching-kuo, 68, had only a few hours' warning of the move from U.S. Ambassador Leonard Unger, who was himself startled by it. Chiang lost no time in calling an emergency Cabinet meeting, putting all military units on alert and issuing an angry statement. Carter's decision, he said, "has not only seriously damaged the rights and interests of the government and people of the Republic of China but has also tremendous adverse impact...
...them have matured," he said. "Many now are prone to listen to the leadership, instead of taking pride in being mavericks." Democratic House Whip John Brademas found a related change. "What we are seeing in the caucus," he observed, "is a reflection of the mood of the country-a mood of restraint and moderation." The leaders take that to mean that the 96th Congress is not likely to embark on many new programs, will work hard to make present programs more effective, and will pare even the bare-bones budget that Carter is expected to present...
...this newly unrebellious mood, the Democratic caucus readily re-elected its party leaders O'Neill, Wright and Tom Foley, chairman of the caucus. Those leaders appreciatively took this as a refreshing vote of confidence. The caucus also beat back efforts by some of the older reformist firebrands to slash the remaining powers of committee chairmen even further. There was remarkably little resistance when O'Neill asked that the one sensitive issue facing the caucus be debated and decided in private, rather than with reporters present. It was the question of what to do about four members...
...least without fear. Says Minnesota Party Chairman Rick Scott: "It's almost like having a fair in the Middle Ages. Just having the event and bringing people together makes it important." The liberals upset about budget cuts realize Carter is in step with the public's antispending mood. Says Party Veteran Alan Baron: "Liberals read election returns, and they are scared." The result is a tenuous unity, which for the usually bickering Democrats can be a fit cause for celebration...
...mood of weariness, she decided to retire from foreign affairs, and became secretary general of Israel's Labor Party. When Premier Levi Eshkol died suddenly of a heart attack in 1969, the Labor Party asked her to succeed him, not only out of love but to avoid a split between factions loyal to the flamboyant Moshe Dayan and his archrival Yigal Allon. She duly burst into tears, expounded her devotion to her children and grandchildren, professed inadequacy-and accepted...