Word: soft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...were confronting the same scenes she faced back in the days of Jimmy Who?small, undemonstrative, show crowds. Beneath a brilliant autumn sky, a tense-faced Rosalynn offered her usual blend of sugar and steel. "I'm very proud of Jimmy." she said in her soft drawl. "He has a solid record of achievement. He's proved his leadership." Pestered all day with questions about Kennedy, Rosalynn said repeatedly: "The last thing I heard the Senator say was that he expected the President to be renominated. I take him at his word. If he changes it maybe...
...rate of 13%, the clouds of recession are fast gathering. Tight fiscal and monetary policies that can curb inflation may aggravate unemployment. "Poor Carter," said an aide. "He can't even get the timing of the recession to break in his favor. If the economy were really going soft now, he would solve it with some stimulus this fall and the recession might be over by spring. Instead of that, the recession will hit with full force in late fall and winter, and he'll move to stimulate next year...
...world's major religions are basically the same." But the host at the service, Cardinal Cooke, was more cautious, perhaps to assure traditional Catholics who had come into the church to light candles at the side altars. No syncretistic one-world religion was in the making, the soft-spoken Cardinal noted, but believers in different creeds can seek "common ground" and "make each other welcome" in their houses of worship...
...Face of the Third Reich by Joachim Fest (Pantheon; $3.95). A series of portraits condemned as too soft on the Führer...
...have one of the toughest jobs outside the Yard. But as he sits in his well-worn office tucked into the third floor of Holyoke Center, one is immediately at ease. In a service that will handle over 3000 visitors this year--including students, faculty, and staff--Walters' soft spoken but frank manner and his years of experience are tested every...