Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...called on was House Speaker Tip O'Neill. "Mr. Speaker," said the President, "I save you for last. I've got to get my marching orders from you." O'Neill said he had spent more than 40 years fighting for social programs for the poor, and he added: "I didn't become Speaker to strip them." Replied the President, "I don't intend to. We're going to get the fat out." Then he added, "We've got a tough road. I know that...
...President emphasized his battle against the No. 1 domestic problem, inflation, which is a "burden for all Americans, but a disaster for the poor, the sick and the old." To combat it, he singled out his bill to contain hospital costs; he claims the legislation would save Americans $60 billion over the next five years. Said he: "There will be no clearer test of the commitment of this Congress to the anti-inflation fight." He cited the need for deregulation of the railroad, bus and trucking industries after the successful liberation of the airlines from bureaucratic control...
...able to place curbs on the polar bear, the only realistic thing for us is to unite. If we only depend on the strength of the U.S., it is not enough. If we only depend on the strength of Europe, it is not enough. We are an insignificant, poor country, but if we unite, well, it will then carry weight...
...Well, when I said insignificant, I was going to extremes. But China is quite poor, and you have made a poor friend...
...Georgian is no longer the man who can walk up to a three-year-old, smile a good-old-boy-two-sets-of-teeth-smile and say, "Why shucks, I don't even rightly recollect as I know where Washington is." And he can kiss the black, poor, urban vote goodbye, without getting many Tax-Revolt, solid Republicans in the suburbs votes...