Word: problem
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first article, Fallows saw Carter as a man who "fails to project a vision larger than the problem he is tackling at the moment." Carter's aides, Fallows says in his second article, have fallen prey to the bureaucratic system that they once vowed to reform. He writes: "Run like a bureaucracy, the White House took on the spirit of a bureaucracy, drained of zeal, obsessed with form, full of people attracted [more] by the side-dressings of their work than the work itself...
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance was due to be in London for three days this week, primarily to discuss the Rhodesian problem with the new British Foreign Secretary, Lord Carrington. Both men will be scratching hard for some new ideas. Indeed, one Foreign Office veteran wonders if either Carrington or Vance will say to the other, "Have you thought up any dodge that I haven't thought...
...nation of only 17 million. Unemployment is a tiny 1.2% of the working population. Says Economic Affairs Minister Chang Kwang-shih: "I sense that American businessmen think that some of the uncertainties have been removed and that the environment here is one that is conducive to investment. My main problem is to keep our economy from growing too fast. We are striving for growth with stability...
...barrier between us, the Taiwan Strait, which is 100 miles wide at its narrowest point and 120 miles at the broadest. [The Communists] would have to be prepared to sacrifice 1 million, 2 million or even 3 million people in an invasion that would also involve a great logistical problem for them. But for our part, we cannot rely on such assumptions for our safety. We must take all possible precautions...
...First Amendment, as interpreted at the time, protects TV networks from responsibility unless act is intentional involved, so "incite the case was thrown out of court. And the argument goes on. Psychological and medical research teams have joined parents and educators in studying the problem, much of their work financed by organizations publicly concerned about the damage TV may be doing. Among the latter: the National Institute of Mental Health, the House Subcommittee on Communications. Even the American Medical Association, not noticeably alarmist, announced a series of research projects and dedicated itself to a long-term effort to reduce...