Word: respondents
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...angry polar bear. But Hua's message was far more than simple anti-Sovietism. By proclaiming the reemergence of the People's Republic as a major actor on the international stage, he threw the ball back in the U.S. court. The question is now whether the U.S. will respond by developing a policy based on the significant Sino-U.S. ties that the PRC is attempting to create...
...vote on the bill this week, and the House will have its turn next week. Despite his threats, Carter is not expected to veto the measure if some acceptable compromises are made. The public is calling for a tax cut, and both Democrats and Republicans are eager to respond. Public Works. In greater danger of a presidential veto is the $10.2 billion public works appropriation, including the much publicized water projects. The bill was overwhelmingly approved by the Senate last week-86 to 9-and earlier by the House. The clash over this measure could make the Camp David...
Carter's interest in reducing bureaucracy is a constant theme, and his appointees respond to it eagerly. On Sept. 12, 1977, Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland reported that he had attended 45 hours of hearings on the 1978 budget for the Agriculture Department. "At present," the minutes note, "he said that the USDA is 'a mess...
From this definition he outlines certain standards that a person would have to satisfy before a historian, or a follower, for that matter, could legitimately award him with the badge of leader. A dictator would not qualify because, theoretically, he would not have to respond to anyone's wishes but his own. A tyrant has no followers, only subjects, Burns argues. As a competitor in "a political marketplace," a leader must also have moral purpose to appeal and respond to his followers' wants and needs. In Burns's judgment, the Spiro Agnews and Adolph Hitlers of the world who pander...
...Egyptian negotiations. It was an extraordinary idea?Hussein and Arafat had not met on Jordanian soil since 1970, the year that the P.L.O. virtually seized control of Amman until the King attacked and expelled them. Hussein quickly rejected the new ploy. "The King," said a Jordanian official, "will not respond to any appeals or pressures, and his moderate stance remains the same...