Word: picks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...avoid service as it is to desert once in. Desertion still sounds like unpardonable cowardice to most Americans. In a sense, this distinction may be discriminatory. An uneducated farm boy from Mississippi probably would not have had the knowledge to evade the draft; any college boy could pick it up in an hour. Or, on the other hand, perhaps the deserter did not oppose the war until he saw it firsthand. Should he therefore be penalized? If amnesty is granted, it should in fairness be given to both draft evaders and deserters...
Those views on delegating authority extend to the management of the White House. "Mrs. Nixon is in charge of the White House. I leave it to the experts. I try to stay out of it unless I have to. Sometimes, for an important state dinner, I'll pick a wine. I do know something about wines. At first I checked the guest lists for all the dinners, but now only sometimes. Rose Woods [Rose Mary Woods, the President's personal secretary] takes care of that. One thing, though: I back my staff totally. If Rose Woods invites somebody and someone...
...couldn't get excited about going to a good restaurant night after night. Sometimes I pick a good wine. I don't have wines unless they are the best. During the week my relaxation may be a glass of wine or a drink, but I couldn't have a couple of belts and work well. I relax on a weekend when there is nothing to do the next day, but never at a public event. As President, an individual is expected to maintain a quality of dignity. A quality of aloofness. Yes, of course, to be friendly too, but people...
...large anteroom with a conference table. One wall is decorated with campaign cartoons. His inner sanctuary has a comfortable warmth. On the President's desk is a copy of Herman Wouk's new novel The Winds of War, a gift from the author. "Pat Moynihan and Bill Safire pick books for me. In the reading field I am basically a history buff?history and biography. If I pick out anything to reread, such as Sandburg's Lincoln, I mark pages I like. It's poetry, of course...
Rule by Rhetoric. Some diplomats in Pakistan consider Bhutto a potential Nasser-a populist demagogue who will rule by rhetoric and charisma. "We have to pick up the pieces, the very small pieces," Bhutto said last week, clearly welcoming the opportunity to do so. If he cannot, he too might well end up a scapegoat for the failures of Yahya and the army in politics and on the battlefield. As a first step, Bhutto must convince his countrymen that any real chance of salvaging Mohammed Ali Jinnah's dream of a united Pakistan is about as realistic...