Word: readier
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Mondale was sworn in as Vice President by-at his own request -House Speaker Tip O'Neill. Then came Carter's turn. "Are you ready to take the oath of office?" Chief Justice Warren Burger asked him at precisely 12:03 p.m. No man had ever been readier. While Rosalynn held the family Bible, Carter placed his hand on it; in front of him was the Bible used for George Washington's swearing-in, open to the verse from the prophet Micah that Carter quoted moments later in his Inaugural Address. "Congratulations," murmured Burger after the oath...
Harvard Historian Frank Freidel, 60, who wrote one of the working papers prepared to stimulate discussion, suggested stamina and youth as helpful qualities. "Younger leaders are readier to venture in the dark. They haven't had their teeth knocked out as yet, and they are ready to take chances." Washington Lawyer Lewis Engman, 40, head of the Federal Trade Commission under Nixon, agreed: "One constant is the willingness to take risks, to row the boat out beyond the shore without the assurance that you will be able to get back...
...Wisconsin, and Alabama both look strong, and late-blooming Virginia knocked off three of the top teams in the country en route to its upset triumph in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament earlier this month. The East has undefeated Rutgers entered in the lists. But no team seems readier for the March 29 finals than the Hoosiers of Indiana, ranked No. 1 in the nation, undefeated in 56 consecutive regular season games and, above all, coached by Bobby Knight...
True, most politicians have an instinct for the phony, but the American public need not accept it. Indeed, there are signs that Americans are readier than ever to be dealt with frankly, even if it takes some effort to live with frankness...
...Weaver, associate editor of The Public Interest, points out, in the American liberal tradition "the relationship between newsmen and source, between press and government, is one of structured interdependence and bartering within an atmosphere of amiable suspiciousness. Each side knows its role." The U.S. Government has generally been far readier to give access to the press than governments in Europe or elsewhere; at the same time the American press is far less ideological. Continues Weaver: "The press can make its contribution to the system only by maintaining close access [to government]- a closer access than can ever be provided...