Word: sickness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sister without calling me brother. Forgive me this sentimentality; I grew up in the '60s. I believe we are all brothers and sisters, and we are all responsible for one another to some degree. The rampant and brutal indifference shown by some women to the plight of miserable or sick men depresses me. (I recall one professional panhandler, a woman, who said: "I'll always give money to another woman. We're in this together. I wouldn't give money to a man if his clothes were falling off and he was starving to death.") So does the general attitude...
That line drew strong applause. The theme was repeated as Carter added that "the American people are sick and tired of federal paper work and red tape" and reported progress on "turning the gobbledygook of federal regulations into plain English that people can understand." More applause...
...manifesto also attacked corruption and greed in the government of Party Chief Erich Honecker. "These Politburo-crats are sick with conceit," the document declared. "No ruling class in Germany has ever sponged on others the way the two dozen ruling Communist families have, using our country like a self-service store." Accused of living in "golden ghettos," the leaders were said to have "enriched themselves shamelessly in special shops and by privately ordering goods from the West." The worst offender was Honecker himself, who, the manifesto charged, had "stuffed the homes of his relatives from cellar to roof with...
...transformation has been remarkable. Only five years ago, Congress was the sick man of the Federal Government. For 40 years, power had shifted down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House; the movement accelerated rapidly under Nixon, who essentially operated on his own in making budgets and war. At regional conferences sponsored by TIME in 1972, scholars, civic leaders and members of Congress concluded that, because of the upset in the balance, the U.S. was facing a grave constitutional crisis that threatened the future of democracy...
...SWEEPSTAKES? screamed the copy in the direct-mail ad. And answered: SIMPLY TO CALL ATTENTION IN A DRAMATIC WAY TO THE NEEDS OF THE POOR, HUNGRY AND SICK CHILDREN IN PALLOTTINE MISSIONS IN SOUTH AMERICA, AUSTRALIA AND INDIA. Pictures of children, bellies bloated from hunger, encouraged compassion. Romantic renderings of the Dodge Coronet or Apache Eagle camper that a lucky giver might win in return for his contribution flavored compassion with a dash of greed. And why not? The Roman Catholic Pallottine Fathers, an international order founded in Italy in 1835, support 2,200 priests and brothers in 26 countries...