Word: regarded
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...bucolic, balmy Central American paradise: that is how many Costa Ricans proudly regard their nation, and with good reason. In contrast to its neighbors, little Costa Rica (1.9 million people living in an area about the size of West Virginia) has a genuine democracy and no army to speak of. It also has the highest literacy rate and third highest per capita annual income (about $539) in Central America. Recently, however, both its tranquillity and its reputation have been somewhat impaired by the presence of fugitive American Financier Robert L. Vesco, who moved there a year ago and has remained...
Gaddafi's Islamic socialism, which he grandly describes as a unique "Third International Theory," rejects both Western-style capitalism and Eastern-style Communism. He clearly regards himself as the one true successor of his hero, Egypt's late Gamal Abdel Nasser, as leader of the Arab and Islamic worlds. It is a claim that other Arabs regard with some cynicism...
...worthwhile noting in this regard that by Berger's criteria, the president could be constitutionally impeached if he continued to bomb Cambodia after the Congress passed a law forbidding...
...misguided sense of loyalty" -but there was no sign that he considered the affair especially troublesome. At a black-tie dinner for Emperor Haile Selassie, a laughing, joking Nixon confided to his dinner companion, Mrs. Rogers Morton, wife of the Secretary of the Interior, that he believed history would regard Watergate as inconsequential in comparison with his accomplishments in foreign policy. Late in the week he flew to Norfolk to recite those accomplishments and defend his bombing policy before an Armed Forces Day audience...
...divisions along lines of white v. black, or urban v. rural, or young v. old. Yet there are some discernible patterns. For well-educated and politically aware Americans, Watergate usually is a searing, personally felt issue. Others are bored by the whole mess, especially those who cynically regard all politics as dirty. To sample the various American moods and reactions, TIME correspondents interviewed people in five diverse communities last week...