Word: sightedly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...previously that "the U.N. will patrol a war but is not likely to wage war." He also added that a full scale debate in the U.N. Security Council would only embarrass the Russians politically and force them into an even less flexible position on Vietnam. With no solution in sight, the official concluded, "a debate on this issue would only aggravate the current situation...
...hardly in the shadows any more, but he understands and shares Johnson's disapproval of headline-happy hired hands. Nor is L.B.J. unique in that respect. "The best way to stay out of trouble," John F. Kennedy once told Special Counsel Ted Sorensen, "is to stay out of sight...
...lavish suite, Moyers served as Lyndon's personal aide, writing letters, answering phones, drafting statements. When Johnson announced his presidential candidacy, Moyers packed his family off to Texas, moved into the basement of the Johnson home, for the next five months was rarely out of L.B.J.'s sight. During the Democratic National Convention he slept in an outsized closet in Johnson's suite at Los Angeles' Biltmore Hotel...
...forbid all Peronista demonstrations. Next morning 5,000 well-armed police patrolled Buenos Aires streets. Out came some 6,000 Peronistas-as much to taunt the cops as cheer Perón. By nightfall, more than 600 of the rioters were in jail. Isabel had dropped out of sight, and Perón's tape-recorded message had gone undelivered. President Illia then warned that any unions dabbling in politics would lose their legal rights. The Peronistas called for a 24-hour general strike, but it was only partially successful...
Though no great decline in profits is in sight, just about everyone agrees that the rate of gain is due for adjustment. In the past twelve months, profits have jumped an extraordinary $7 billion; in the year ahead, the Government expects an increase of only $2 billion to $4 billion. One reason: the end of the buildup of steel inventories, which has already pushed steel output down to 75% of capacity. There is also the possibility that the nation's industries, now operating at well over 90% of capacity, will be pushed into expanding faster than their markets...