Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...women tuned in to the unions, business political-action committees or the old-boy network, which help men candidates raise sizable chunks of money. It becomes a catch-22 situation: women find it hard to attract heavy contributions because they seem less likely to win than male opponents, and women are less likely to win because they cannot raise big money. Audrey Sheppard of the Washington consulting firm of Rothstein/Buckley reports: "Where women were able to raise the money and run adequate campaigns, they were very competitive...
...nation's responsibilities are now global. The men at Blair House come from far away. But we seem to be drifting back to personal diplomacy and intimate settings where the powerbrokers can look each other in the eye. Last week Israelis and Egyptians, despite their outside spats, were expected to keep working in Blair House amid the Hepplewhite furniture, the Stuart oils and the busts of Franklin, Jefferson and Washington. The veritable crush of American heritage still seems to have some of the old magic...
Although hollow predictions seem to characterize the six-year search for a second-stage arms accord, Warnke's optimistic assessment may be accurate. The bulk of SALT II does appear ready for signing. The draft of the resolved portions runs more than 50 pages. Both sides have settled the central issue, agreeing to limit their strategic arsenals to 2,250 weapons systems at least until 1985. These ceilings will require the Soviets to scrap about 300 aging rockets and bombers. The U.S. will not have to make any cuts, since its strategic weapons now total...
Jimmy Carter's popularity seems to be rising not only at home but also in the Kremlin. Soviet leaders still feel that the President is unpredictable and is overly influenced by National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, whom they regard as anti-Soviet. The Russians nonetheless seem to believe that Carter has become more skilled in handling U.S.-Soviet relations. What most pleases the Kremlin, apparently, is the White House's growing preference for quiet, traditional diplomacy in contrast to the public criticisms that were often made during the Administration's early months...
...Carter. Very recently we have seen certain positive changes in the way that the Administration conducts its policy toward the U.S.S.R. Now there seem to be no attempts to tie the important question of SALT with questions that have no relevance, such as human rights. Almost anything has to be better than last summer [when Washington, among other things, criticized the trial and conviction of Soviet Dissident Anatoli Shcharansky]. President Carter is more experienced; he has learned from unsuccessful policies. We don't regard him as a weak President. But neither can we call him a strong President...