Word: problem
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...problem, cited by Washington Correspondent George Taber, was that many news sources "suddenly went underground when their bosses' jobs went on the line." Taber resorted to an old journalistic gambit: calling high officials directly late at night. He found they "would usually talk−if only to tell you how little they knew...
...Duncan worked together at the Pentagon, says one senior staffer with only slight exaggeration, Brown and Duncan became "fully interchangeable parts." Duncan, 52, had areas of special responsibility: the politically sensitive matter of "base realignments," the Defense Department's euphemism for shutting down unwanted military bases; the knotty problem of settling Navy claims against its shipyard contractors; and military aspects of the Panama Canal treaties. His manner is easygoing, and his conversation is spiced with Texas mannerisms ("Like my daddy used to say ..."). But he is also a tough businessman with little patience for the ways of bureaucrats. "Give...
Just weeks ago, for example, a 40-page memorandum landed on Carter's desk detailing the problems involved in the Post Office's getting into the business of transmitting electronic data. Top aides did not think it was necessary for the President himself to study the arguments, but as one of them explains: "There was no way to shortstop it, no place for it to go except to the President." Carter himself was part of the problem. He enjoyed minutiae, from details of shale rock formations to the precise boundaries of West Bank settlements. Says another aide: "Carter...
...could this have happened to some of the best and brightest of the economists? The fault is probably not theirs. The main problem seems to be the unresolvable policy contradictions within the Administration and within the views of the President himself. Carter remains uncomfortable with economic issues and does not seem to trust any of his talented economic advisers. Early this year, for instance, he only half facetiously quipped that his economic advisers seem to be getting their inspiration from fantasyland...
...energy program would mean two new bureaucracies and $141 billion more federal spending. And as the election approaches, Carter may be tempted to reach for even more Big Government solutions to prove his effectiveness and leadership ability. Said a Cabinet member: "The President has difficulty seeing the interrelationships of problems. He will master one subject superbly and then go on to the next. But he does not see the relationship between the two." Says another Cabinet Secretary: "Our basic economic problem has been that no one has been in charge...