Word: rudderlessness
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...program of editorial rebuilding, but was convinced that Allbritton's austerity moves, which had brought the paper back to near the break-even point, were blocking his efforts. Indeed, the work of both men had greatly strengthened the Star, but, says a Star staffer, "we've been rudderless since Bellows left...
Many of the cadres seemed ready to sue for peace. With some justice, French commanders complained that decisive thrusts against the F.L.N. were frustrated by the waffling of politicians in Paris. Thus the generals had plotted to undermine the rudderless Fourth Republic and restore De Gaulle to power...
...House-Senate conference committee. With hard bargaining on the energy legislation about to begin this week, the President put off his scheduled nine-nation trip abroad so that he could be on hand for the showdown. The postponement only served to make his Administration look more confused and rudderless than ever...
Thus was Carter able to announce a gilt-edged choice for one of his most crucial appointments. Since the 1972 death of J. Edgar Hoover, the 8,400-agent bureau has been virtually rudderless and buffeted by disclosures of repeated individual-rights abuses. Now the FBI will be getting a leader with a towering record for correcting abuses of civil rights...
Since assuming the presidency in August 1974, Ford has frequently seemed weak, uncertain, vacillating. The nation is at peace, the economy is surging, and no one questions Ford's honesty and decency. Yet the White House appears rudderless. The Administration has come down on both sides of legislation to aid debt-ridden New York City, to permit a single picketing union to shut down an entire construction project, to strengthen antitrust laws, to reduce income taxes. When his since-departed campaign manager, Bo Callaway, greased the skids for Nelson Rockefeller's slide from the 1976 Ford ticket...