Word: skittishness
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...evil past and a skittish future gusted around together. Israeli Premier Menachem Begin was due in the U.S. to raise money. What he needed more than that was moral capital to replace what his government has lost in recent months among American Jews and gentiles alike. Television's Holocaust may have done something to restore that fund of good will toward Israel. The past, Israel's raison d'être and validation, the pedigree of its suffering, came crowding back in the series' deadly lists: Kristallnacht, Eichmann, Himmler, Babi Yar, Sobibor, Theresienstadt, Auschwitz-or, rather, television...
...different from those a decade ago. Nearly two-thirds of 1,000 think tanks operating eight years ago are moribund. For the first time in 15 years, both the University of California and California State enrollments are slipping. California's housing market is strong, but most businessmen remain skittish because of a 1975 Dunn & Bradstreet Fantus report that ranked the state's business climate 47th among the 48 states surveyed. For the first time in two decades, industrial investors, put off by bureaucratic red tape and environmental lobbyists, are bypassing California to relocate in other Sunbelt states. Statewide...
...points since March (see following story). At the same time Americans are increasingly uneasy about inflation, and only 25% of those surveyed expressed confidence in Carter's ability to handle the economy, a plunge of 8 points since March. That general skepticism appears to be reflected in the skittish behavior of the stock market, a pretty fair indicator of business confidence. The Dow Jones average has slid steadily, hitting a low of 898.66 last week then burping back slightly to 912.23; at the end of 1976, the Dow stood...
Capitalist trade and technology are also welcome, but Viet Nam's leaders aim to develop an economy that matches their military power primarily by their own means. For its skittish Asian neighbors, the tasks Hanoi has set for itself provide some consolation. Winning Southern support and developing the economy are likely to preoccupy Ho's heirs for some years to come...
Judging from his performance as guest host of TV's irreverent, ploddingly skittish variety show, NBC's Saturday Night, Presidential Press Secretary Ron Nessen does not have much future as a comedian. The question some people were asking last week is what sort of future does he have as a presidential press secretary? With good-natured daring, Nessen-a former NBC newsman-appeared in several satiric turns with Gagster Chevy Chase, whose weekly specialty is a lampoon of Ron's accident-prone boss. Nessen played straight man as Chase impersonated President Ford stapling...