Word: schemed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...accept the conclusion that Oswald killed both Kennedy and Officer Tippit is not necessarily to believe that no one put him up to it. Yet no evidence of a plot has ever been brought forward. The hit man in such a scheme does not wander around, as Oswald did -walking, catching a bus, switching to a cab, picking up a revolver at his rooming house and walking again-with not enough money to travel far from the scene of the crime. He does not call attention to himself ahead of time by barging into the Cuban and Soviet embassies...
...will be whether the government which the people elect with a majority in the House of Representatives will be allowed to govern from now on." The Labor Party will also stress the social reforms instituted by Whitlam's Cabinet: abolition of fees at universities, a national health insurance scheme, increased welfare payments, no-fault divorce and wide-ranging consumer protection laws...
...given Shylock the motivations, actions and retribution that properly belong the stock stage Jew, but has written speeches that (at least to the modern ear) make him something better. And the production seriously stumbles at a critical point in the interpretation of Shylock's position in the play's scheme of redemption. When Portia confounds Shylock by allowing him his pound of flesh but condemning him to death if an iota of blood be spilled in its excision, the reaction of the Venetians is such that it seems a cheap trick rather than a masterly example of a literalist hoist...
...there were solid doubts in Washington last week over whether Ford had acted alone in the not very astute scheme. The suspicions centered on Rumsfeld. His professions of surprise and reluctance seemed a bit overdone. When a visitor asked Kissinger whether Rumsfeld really had seriously hesitated about wanting the Pentagon post, the Secretary of State snapped: "Yes, and Richard Nixon didn't want to be President." It seemed obvious that last week's sensations have not ended the White House intrigues...
...ideological schizophrenia" that blocks solutions to such critical problems as the inequitable distribution of wealth and undermines the legitimacy of corporations. His solution: bring business and Government into a more harmonious relationship by federally chartering the 2,000 largest companies, then enfranchising them to fill community needs. Under this scheme, for example, Con Edison would work with Government to plan power needs. Ultimately, such community requirements would determine the controls on the corporations. Ironically, suggests Lodge, the outcome could be less intervention by Government than there is now in the affairs of U.S. business...