Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...President's authority to impound funds-refusing to spend money appropriated in bills that had become law. Although the political infighting over budget making is bound to go on, the skirmishing will at least take place within a more systematic framework. That is a prospect that every politician-and taxpayer-can applaud...
...considers Sadat the outstanding Arab leader, "a man of vision and courage, not concerned about standing up against enormous, difficulties." Egypt's President enthusiastically returns the praise. As Sadat told TIME in a recent interview, "He is a very good man. For the first time, you have a real politician as Secretary of State. He is a man of vision and also a strategist. Above all, he is a man of his word...
...That Vice President Ford is "a politician who projects complete sincerity" [Feb. 25] seems a harmless enough statement to me, but I think it somewhat blindly contributes to overlooking other characteristics of Mr. Ford's that may finally add up to be more pertinent...
...Democratic contenders. But such mysteries are nothing new to DiCara. Nobody predicted that he would poll the third highest vote total in the city council elections last election day--that is, nobody except DiCara. The ambitious councilor has a deceptive support that is unlike that of any other politician in Boston. His political strength is a lucid memory and a quick recall of the names and faces of almost anyone he has ever...
However, no matter what office DiCara runs for next, he gives the impression of never having gotten over the glory of being a high school politician. Maybe it's the minuscule budgets or the best-friend approach of his campaign, but DiCara still seems like he is running for student council president...