Word: progressions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Throwing aside any remaining reticence about proclaiming his own accomplishments, Ford declared: "From August of 1974 to August of 1976, the record shows steady upward progress toward prosperity, peace and public trust. It is a record I am proud to run on." Where an underdog Harry Truman ran in 1948 against a "do-nothing Congress," Ford will take on "the vote-hungry, free-spending congressional majority [of Democrats]." The speech was essentially, though mutedly, conservative, an evocation of Eisenhower themes. "I see Americans who love their country for what it has been and what it must become. I see Americans...
...finest hours. The ovation that greeted his appearance on the podium carried a rousing ring of enthusiasm. Speaking with unaccustomed fervor and a punchy delivery, the President effectively assailed, by biting implication, his Democratic opponent, Jimmy Carter. "We will build on performance, not promises; experience, not expediency; real progress instead of mysterious plans to be revealed in some dim and distant future." At another point he jabbed: "My record is one of specifics, not smiles...
...Yugoslavia are highly appreciative of and admire the progress made in science and technology and accomplishments in other spheres of creativity in the U.S. These impressive results become eventually a common property of mankind. We hope that in the future the United States of America will contribute even more to overall human progress, to life in peace and freedom...
...magazine is hooked on ladders and sundry hot topics. Novelist James T. Farrell, 72, has contributed a moving story about the 1947 fire that destroyed much of his work-in-progress. Brooklyn Fire Fighter Michael Kearney rates fire helmets. Other stories focus on fire technology, fire medicine and firehouse cookery. Smith and his staff of ten plan to widen Firehouse's appeal with family features on travel and sports. But fire fighting will remain the heart of the magazine. Says Smith: "The writing has gotta be laconic, emotional, exciting. I like to see fire fighters in every story...
...strikes that could have disturbed the progress of the U.S. economic recovery were headed toward settlement last week. One of them was solved with remarkable amity by federal mediation; in the other, workers returned to their jobs, many of them harboring rancor that could mean intramural union trouble in months ahead...