Word: roughnesses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...week in the Roosevelt Room, Carter told his aides to put the heat on Congress. "When there's unfavorable committee action," he said, "we ought to call it exactly as it is." A top aide later warned that the White House may have to start playing rough with legislators who do not cooperate. "We haven't kicked anybody around yet," he said...
...village of Mullaghmore overlooking Donegal Bay on Ireland's northwest coast. Lord Louis Mountbatten, 79, the distinguished war hero, diplomat and elder statesman of Britain's royal family, was summering as usual at his turreted stone castle, Classiebawn, in the green hills. Dressed in faded corduroys and rough pullover, Mountbatten was a beloved and folksy figure around Mullaghmore, where he had vacationed for 35 years. He could sometimes be seen standing knee-deep in the waters offshore, fishing for shrimp, and occasionally took local children for a ride on his 27-ft. fishing vessel, Shadow V. This...
...lack of satisfactory living conditions in the rough territory has contributed to a debilitating rate of turnover, more than 50% a year. This adds enormously to the cost of training programs that Ludwig's managers must conduct in order to acquaint the largely backwoods work force with modern machines...
...power of appointment. Sheer embarrassment is about the only check. When Senator Ted Kennedy tried to nominate Family Retainer Francis X. Morrissey for a federal judgeship in 1965, other lawyers began joking that Morrissey was boning up for the job by reading the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the rough equivalent of preparing for surgery by looking at Gray's Anatomy. Kennedy eventually withdrew Morrissey's name...
...oldest dailies, the Courant (pronounced current) covered the Boston Tea Party and counted George Washington among its readers. Courant employees and retirees, who own most of its stock, turned down a $133-a-share takeover bid last fall by Capital Cities Communications, a media conglomerate with a reputation for rough labor dealings. There was little opposition to Times Mirror, however. The firm made a better offer-$200 a share, or $1056 million-which will make a few Courant associates millionaires. And many staffers were impressed by the company's reputation for journalistic excellence. As one secretary...