Word: public
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...remarked the Soviet press agency Tass last week in the wake of Chinese Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing's nine-day whirlwind tour of the U.S. The Tass observation was certainly valid. The Chinese leader's candor and expansive personality had charmed the American public, and most of the visit's achievements were on that psychological level. But few concrete answers emerged to some of the tough questions raised by Jimmy Carter's policy of normalizing relations with Peking...
After fighting a draining and divisive war that many neither understood nor supported, Viet Nam veterans returned to the U.S. to face public neglect or, worse, characterization as criminals by antiwar protesters. Viet Nam veterans have higher rates of suicide, divorce and mental breakdown than the population at large. Many became drug addicts in Viet Nam, and unemployment among veterans has been high...
President Carter, for all his apparent concern about not exaggerating, the gravity of the situation, took some symbolic steps intended to raise public awareness of the need to conserve oil. He issued a directive to all federal agency chiefs, suggesting that they lower the heat in federal buildings, restrict the use of Government vehicles, and suspend "energy-intensive research activities," though...
...program of mandatory conservation measures that the Administration will send to Congress for approval later this month. The program is to begin in the spring if voluntary energy savings do not reduce consumption. Among the elements: weekend closings for gas stations, and Government-ordered lowering of thermostats of public buildings. Gasoline rationing remains a last resort...
...improper use of Starr's assets, and that Starr had left out key information, such as the fact that Sitco was losing money, in its 10-K reports. These are reports to the SEC containing detailed financial information that must be submitted annually by nearly all public companies...