Word: partisans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...matter how unpopular it may be, is nevertheless a partisan of the Catholic cause. The army, with its strong anti-Catholic bias, is an antagonist, as are the Protestants. Most Catholics feel that the IRA is no more murderous than its enemies. The IRA is no more murderous than its enemies. The IRA is an organization of "their boys," Catholic boys. In a situation where moral choices are no longer black and white, loyalty to the religious group is an instinctive and natural reaction...
...MANDATORY retirement legislation currently winding its easy way through Congress involves far more difficult questions than one would expect, judging by the overwhelming bi-partisan support the bill has received in both Houses. In an ideal society, age would be no bar to the continued employment of individuals who find fulfillment in their work. But while raising the age at which employers may force their workers to retire constitutes an admirable, long-range goal for American society, such a move, if unaccompanied by major economic reforms, could have many adverse social effects...
...things considered, household users will probably not be hit as hard as many of them fear by any of the proposals. According to a study by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, a typical U.S. family that now has a $40 monthly winter heating bill would be paying $42.80 next year under Carter's proposed $1.75-per-m.c.f. price ceiling. As the new, more expensive gas came into wider use, that monthly bill would rise...
...forth his own defense. Invoking the Bible and Abraham Lincoln, he rather grandiosely said that his ordeal was a test of the system by which the U.S. determines whether its high public officials merit their trusted positions. That turnabout, putting his inquisitors on the defensive and setting them to partisan bickering among themselves, was a remarkable achievement for Lance. He had sufficiently muddied up some of the allegations against him so that the joking question wagging around Washington was "Now, will Bert ask the committee to resign...
Callaghan was occasionally interrupted by hecklers but received the traditional standing ovation when he finished. Although he had preached an unorthodox homily for a Labor Prime Minister, he drew partisan support from his audience by warning that a wage explosion could lead to a Conservative takeover. "I don't want to see those with a different philosophy, or no philosophy at all, taking it from us," said he. "The question is whether we have the guts and stamina to stick to it. We are going...