Word: roles
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bottom; yet he feels that his plight is a reflection of the national mood of self-criticism and self-searching that has grown out of Viet Nam and Watergate. He refuses to face the reality that he too is a part of that history and that his own role remains confused and tarnished. He believes he is fighting to prevent the nation from consuming itself in bitterness and self-recrimination...
...race as a serious contender, he needed to win in Wisconsin. The narrow loss was only partly offset by his unexpectedly strong showing in New York, where he did well among affluent liberals, well-educated young people and nonorganization Democrats. Thus, barring a miracle, Udall's role in the campaign is now that of a spoiler, offering liberals an alternative to Carter and siphoning off some of his potential support...
...relations with the Kennedy family and their supporters remained ambivalent; they were too much identified with the enemy intellectuals. On the one hand, he was more than generous to Kennedy appointees; he kept many of them on and gave them a major role in Government. But he felt the need to humiliate others. For Johnson, love too often meant submission; and once a man submitted, Johnson despised him. Crudity was a favorite weapon. With great glee, L.B.J. described a "delicate Kennedyite" whom he dragged into the bathroom to continue a conversation. He "found it utterly impossible to look...
...spring, for example, there were strikes and work stoppages in Hangchow, apparently over the issue of higher wages. Even the official press admitted that the 11,000 troops sent into the factories to put down the disturbances dealt "ruthlessly" with the troublemakers. There are also enduring resentments over the role and privileges of party officials in China. Eighteen months ago, a 100-yd. wall poster in Canton attacked the abuses of a system run by powerful party cadres. While it reaffirmed the validity of Marxism-Leninism for China, the wall poster also pilloried "a force of civil officials who share...
...with the economy in such dire shape that the lira has dropped 28% since Jan. 21, the Communists were not altogether certain that at this point they wanted such a role. Party Leader Enrico Berlinguer last week offered an alternative: a "political accord" in which the Christian Democrats would govern but socialists and Communists would participate in decisions on abortion and other major issues. The proposal sounded very much like a "mini" historic compromise. The Christian Democrats at week's end sought instead to force a better accord in parliament. The situation left Moro-and the country-with...