Word: nationalizes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...even while the nation is looking cautiously ahead, it is also reaching back, trying to get a grip on its soul. There were cheers and gasps of admiration a few months ago for those square-riggers in the Hudson, spectacular symbols of a graceful youth. Later there were good-natured chuckles when the regulars of George Washington's command sloshed by boat across the now leaden and polluted waters of the Delaware River-as they had 200 years ago-to surprise the Hessians in Trenton the day after Christmas. In most hearts there was a residue of admiration...
With 150 million Americans living in cities of 50,000 or more, the U.S. is still very much an urban nation. But the Census Bureau finds that the majority of the population has shifted toward the South and West for sun and casual living, and also for a private corner of the space that remains. All over the country, demographers have noted, the urge is to go small-out of central cities to suburbs, out of suburbs to smaller towns...
...sensible Westerner expects Carter to solve these problems in four or even eight years. Besides, the West was solid Ford country in November's balloting. But a cautious, watchful and yet growing optimism permeates the region. "The state of the nation is good." said Dan Evans, the outgoing Governor of Washington. "The federal system is returning to the concepts of our forefathers...
...again." John De Luca, director of the California Wine Institute, believes Carter's "emphasis on the family, religion and the work ethic may be the most important thing he has to offer." What if the new President fails to live up to his promise? Westerners believe that the nation will endure, just as it did in the years of Viet Nam and Watergate...
Jimmy Carter's palace guard is now official: it is mainly Georgian, mainly young and mainly unfamiliar with Washington. When the names were announced, some old hands in the nation's capital wondered-as is customary with every changeover to a new Administration-if the new White House staff really had the talent and the experience to live up to the job. Certainly the transition has not been smooth, despite Carter's avowals that it would be the best-planned in history. But the incoming President's men are bright, dedicated and diligent, and even their...