Word: slow
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Simon said Carter's proposed "pardon" would benefit only 4400 draft evaders, the "whitest and best-off group financially," and would subject deserters to a case-by-case review which the speakers said would be slow and inherently discriminatory
...Ford tends to promote from within, possible candidates for Cabinet posts include James Baker, 46, the unflappable Houston lawyer who smoothly ran Ford's election campaign, and Richard Cheney, 35, the diligent White House chief of staff. But Ford, who likes to be surrounded by friends, may be slow to strengthen his own White House staff, which on the whole is weak and loaded with old cronies...
...course, Ford and no one else would be responsible for convincing the American people that his go-slow approach was best. It would be a considerable challenge. By constantly saying no to the Democratic Congress, Ford would risk being accused of negativism. What is more, Ford has only rarely shown the flashes of eloquence-as during his acceptance speech in Kansas City-that he would need to win public opinion to his stand. But one of Ford's greatest assets is his rock-solid confidence. He would begin his Administration utterly convinced that his views were right for America...
...press conference Thursday night, Carter quashed many rumors of already determined appointments, describing a long, slow process, stretching into December, to choose those who will fill the 75 top government posts...
...Times is Pinter at his dramatic best. In this triangular tug-of-war, slow, measured exchanges marked by his famous pauses alternate with exquisitely lyrical monologues. Like the absurdists, Pinter suggests the fluidity of reality by riveting attention on the language that expresses it. His characters wonder at words, make verbal slips and fall silent. Gradually, as the stakes become clearer, the walls of civility they erect crumble; by the end, the ineluctable presence of the past bathes the stage with white light, illumining their loneliness and need...