Word: respectibility
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Right and Duty. Congressional committees also approved a $61.3 billion appropriation for Labor and HEW that was $2.1 billion more than Carter had requested. Given these setbacks, Carter's press-conference response was a measured one. Said he: "I respect the Congress, and I will work day and night to reach an agreeable solution to these potential threats to harmony." But, he added, "I have to reserve the right and the duty to say no when spending is excessive...
...older Israelis, as the daring, one-eyed hero of the wars of 1956 and 1967. Outside Israel, Dayan is probably better known than any other Israeli except former Premier Golda Meir, 79. "Whenever he walks into the State Department in Washington," says one Dayan supporter, "he will command respect...
...Burns has hardly become a key Carter adviser, however much Carter has come to respect him. Nor is Burns sure of his ground with Carter in the way he was with Ford, whom he had known for years. Overlooked in most of the speculation about the extent of Burns' clout in the new Administration is the possibility that Carter could be deftly stroking the Federal Reserve chairman in an attempt to influence him. Carter needs Burns' help if he is to meet his goal of balancing the budget by 1981. Carter also appreciates Burns' ties with businessmen...
...structure (TIME cover, May 16). TIME has learned that the Western gangsters reported on the progress they have made in expanding their rackets. Bruno's men came to complain about the New Yorkers who are moving into Atlantic City, traditionally Philadelphia Mob territory. And everyone wanted to pay respect to Dons Aniello Dellacroce and Carmine Galante, front runners to succeed Carlo Gambino as the Mafia's next boss of bosses...
Titled "Appeal for Respect of Human Rights for Evangelical Believers in Rumania," the 20-page petition accuses the regime of violating the Helsinki declaration of 1975, in which 35 nations promised to respect religious and other liberties. The repression of Rumanian Evangelicals may be less harsh than that of other religious and political dissidents in Eastern Europe, but the petition raises important questions that the government may have to answer at next month's Belgrade conference to review the Helsinki accord. The petition charges three basic types of persecution...