Word: statesmen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...congressional history. Mills, the overlord of federal revenue legislation, whose Ways and Means Committee has responsibility for drafting major tax, trade and Social Security bills, has long savored his reputation as the most powerful man in Congress. The spectacle of one of the House's most revered elder statesmen cavorting onstage with a stripper sent shock waves through Congress, most especially members of Mills' own party. In sorrow, House Speaker Carl Albert announced that Mills would not be Ways and Means chairman when the 94th Congress convened in January. A confused and ailing Mills checked himself into...
...world is unhappy," he said, "because it does not know where it is going and because it guesses that if it did know, it would discover that it was headed for catastrophe. It is this unhappy world that statesmen must lead ... the present world crisis is a durable...
...Cabinet post. Rockefeller, on the other hand, would probably be the last to admit that he is too old to run. Refusing to tell reporters last week whether he intended to make another try for the presidency, he reminded them of a couple of very elder statesmen. "Did you ever know Golda Meir?" he asked. "Konrad Adenauer? I knew them well. Great people...
...year law partner and the seigneur of a posh Fifth Avenue apartment, Nixon was soon jetting all over the world, touching base with statesmen and politicians. Most important, speech-making and fund-raising favors for G.O.P. candidates and committeemen from Florida to California won him liens on votes to be cast at future nominating conventions...
...forget that we need Kissinger more than he needs us. He is the only widely respected, farsighted and truly able diplomat who can bring about some understanding and cooperation in these times of worldwide political turmoil. Can we pride ourselves on having so many internationally successful statesmen that we can do without...