Word: politicians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many of his listeners, including Sierra Club members, seemed more interested in Kennedy the politician than Kennedy the environmentalist...
...Jefferson-Hamilton debates, the 14th Amendment, Marbury v. Madison, or any of the historical events that defined America's ideological bent. Ronald Reagan may be our most obviously unintellectual leader, but he is not alone; you'd probably have to go back to Adlai Stevenson to find a national politician well-versed in national culture and literature and able to articulate a coherent philosophy without pandering. And Stevenson's tendency to sermonize and orate over people's heads probably disqualifies him, too, as even approaching Rousseau's ideal of a foresighted and persuasive leader...
...even the concrete search for disarmament--is hampered by an agreement on the part of all concerned that certain parameters exist. There can be two realities, or a dozen, though sometimes only one is readily apparent. That's why Jerry Brown is such an attractive and at once disturbing politician--though scatterbrained, he thinks about issues in new terms and with new solutions. It may not make a lot of practical sense when discussing economic problems to say "let's explore outer space." But it is, at least, an idea, and perhaps more palatable than either giving people CETA jobs...
Browne describes himself as a "politician of convictions." That's why, he says, this year he led the largest rebellion by members of the governing party against the government in Britain in 25 years...
...Spain demonstrated that the small royalist faction led by former General Bahram Aryana remains alive, but it proves little else: the ship was surrendered to France and ultimately sent to the Iranian government, after bobbing around off the port of Cadiz for a week. Shahpour Bahktiar, the French-educated politician who was jailed by the Shah but then served as his last Prime Minister, lives in exile outside Paris; he has no sizable following. Within Iran, most opposition groups now tacitly support the Mujahedin. The pro-Soviet Tudeh (Communist) Party has discredited itself for the moment by supporting Khomeini...