Word: progressions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...greatest opportunity of any President in history, due to the fact that in just the way the cards happen to fall I may be able to do things which can create a new structure of peace in the world. To the extent that I am able to make progress toward that goal, I would very thoroughly enjoy that job. But if you put it in terms of "Do you enjoy the job in terms of the everyday battles?"?no, not particularly. I could do without a lot of that...
...Abernathy is dedicated and hard working, he never pretended to match the magnetic qualities of King. Jackson, however, brought a new style to the civil rights struggle-a combination of youth, good looks and sheer audacity. Jackson's public emphasis on the importance of economic growth to black progress made him a national figure. Now he contends that the civil rights movement has lost its cutting edge. "It has no offensive thrust," he complains. With PUSH, Jackson plans to keep stressing economics, but with an increased concern for politics as well. Jackson currently disclaims any personal political aspirations...
...TIME'S report on Rhodesia [Dec. 6] states that the procedure agreed to by Premier Ian Smith and Sir Alec Douglas-Home "gives the whites an effective veto at the crucial final stage" in progress toward majority rule...
...these prospects of progress, businessmen remain wary and reluctant to spend heavily for inventories. Durable-goods manufacturers have reduced their inventories for the last three recorded months in a row, and that is a major-if temporary-drag. The problem is that businessmen have seen the economy make too many false starts toward recovery, and they have heard too many rosy pronouncements from Administration officials who later proved to be overly optimistic. But the latest tangible signs of the increase in sales and production will probably force businessmen to increase their own spending -sooner rather than later...
...given serious thought to the issues raised by the corporation's critics. At a meeting of the National Wildlife Federation earlier this year, he declared: "Within this decade, we expect American skies will be essentially cleansed of automotive air pollution, and we intend to make comparable progress in the control of pollution from our plants." If he can help do that, Gerstenberg will end his term with a very good set of books indeed...