Word: regarded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think that the Soviet Union has got to be convinced that the results of such an action would be very severe. Now, you can ask yourself, how would the free world quarantine the Soviet Union with regard to trade and so forth? You have to ask yourself, can the Soviet Union exist on its own? It never has. The Soviet Union, with all its boastfulness about its system, could not live without support and help by way of trade and so forth from capitalist nations. If their system is so great, how come they're not self-sufficient? They...
...think that with regard to all of our neighbors to the south, we have been somewhat insensitive to our size and our power. We have gone at them with plans and proposals and with good intentions, but it appears to them that this is something in the nature of an order. Here is a plan. Accept it. I think it is time for us to approach them only with the idea that I think we all share, and that is that there must be a more practical and better relationship than we have had because of [a common] interest...
Block's acquaintances regard him as a nice guy, a "perfect neighbor," as one of them said. But they fear that his mild manner and lack of Washington experience may make him a weak advocate for the farmer in the capital. Says one Kansas farm official: "They play hardball in Washington; Block has not been in that league before...
...nuclear family, the new consciousness of black and women's history and of human rights in general have engendered a series of "problem books" that confuse as often as they enlighten. Lower reading scores have been reported in grade schools throughout the country. And although specialists regard children's literature as a rich and complex genre, its artists and writers are too frequently appraised by critics as a species of emotional retards...
Admittedly, there is not likely to be universal agreement on precisely what talk is superfluous when. The judgment is aesthetic, and tastes vary. Some Americans might regard all sermons, lectures and political speeches as superfluous. Such testiness, however, can be shrugged off as a symptom of hyperactive intelligence. The criteria for talk should be appropriateness and pertinency. The essential question is: Does it subtract from or enhance the moment into which it falls? The deeper reason that sports commentary is annoying is that it so often ruptures the flow of the main event. The effect is easier to see when...