Word: roles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...frequently voted to override Gerald Ford's vetoes. Unlike the President, Mathias early favored financial aid to New York City. He seeks national health insurance and is far less restrained than the Administration about attacking unemployment. At the same time, he believes the Democrats have abused the federal role and in the process hamstrung the private sector. The Maryland Senator has little trouble defining his brand of moderate Republicanism-even though it involves a sizable reach back into history. His principles are the same, he contends, as those that motivated Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal...
...parade. Conductor Raymond Leppard, a specialist in 17th century music, was an adventurous choice to lead the orchestra. He responded enthusiastically, adding an overture and some instrumentation of his own devising. Singing the part of Susan B. Anthony is Mignon Dunn, who claims she knows every mezzo and contralto role in Wagner's Ring cycle. Her voice sounded opulent, and in her rich scarlet uniform, she occasionally looked more like a warrior maid than a Quaker suffragist...
...political and economic success of Western Europe in the 1970s. Led by its forceful and charismatic Chancellor, Helmut Schmidt, West Germany is the dominant economic power of Western Europe and is rapidly becoming one of the pivotal political forces of the European continent. Needless to say, the role is not a new one: a Germany that is no longer fearful, penitent, and psychologically crushed by the outrages of WW II is cause for concern to neighbors and adversaries. Some are disturbed by the resurgence of German political and economic power and wonder if the bitter Gaullist maxim that "Les Allemands...
...Germany continues to refuse the leadership of Western Europe. "That would be premature, if not impossible," a German diplomat said in a recent interview. "The German nation feels too vulnerable politically, militarily, and psychologically to accept such a difficult responsibility. How can you expect us to assume a greater role in European affairs when we cannot even guarantee our own security? The Soviets view the rise of our political and economic influence with great suspicion. With 19,000 Warsaw Pact tanks stationed on our borders we cannot afford to become anything that would resemble the Germany of old. The Soviets...
...FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ROLE...