Word: slow
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...invitation, AFL-CIO President George Meany and General Electric Chairman Reginald Jones will help coordinate the private sector's antiinflation efforts. For its part, the Government will try to balance the budget by 1981, hold down unnecessary spending, moderate fluctuations in food supplies and other basic commodities, and slow increases in hospital costs...
...businessmen's confidence in the Administration. That does not seem to have happened. Businessmen were generally happy with Carter's continued rejection of controls and his dumping of the rebates. Said Wall Street Investment Banker Sherman Lewis of Loeb, Rhoades & Co.: "It shows that maybe he is a little slow, but he is smart. The guy is willing to admit when he is wrong...
Mixed Evidence. Carter has been untypically slow in filling many appointive positions, but he has found time to offer amnesty to anyone who evaded the draft in the Viet Nam War. He has proposed abolition of the 190-year-old Electoral College, by which Presidents are chosen, urging that the popular vote determine the winner. He has asked for legislation to enable any American to show up at the polls and vote after simply offering proof of age and residence -rather than having to register in advance. He has asked U.S. allies to stop selling fast-breeder nuclear reactors...
...most disturbing slips from the true faith have been concessions to the privileged that gladden hearts in Wall Street and business, constituencies that true populists can never hope to win. Given more time and experience, he may compensate for those defections. He does not seem to be a slow learner...
...Government's approach to energy problems has been largely characterized by indifference, indecision and delay," complained Donald L. Bower, president of Chevron U.S.A. But, he added, "there are measures our nation can undertake to slow and later reverse its increasing dependency on foreign energy." He stressed the need for additional discoveries and the widespread application of methods, such as pumping solvent chemicals into depleted wells, to get more oil out of older fields. "By 1985 more than 40% of total domestic production must come from new discoveries or enhanced recovery projects." Bower was pessimistic about the outlook for domestic...