Word: steering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Unnerved by hazardous work? Then steer clear of government jobs in Boston. City Clerk Barry Hynes, 47, reports that he has "nightmares relating to city council meetings gone out of control." The rigors of his job are such that he suffers phobic reactions when he boards the subway to come to work and again when he gets in the city hall elevator. Hynes has applied for a lifetime disability pension of $28,800 annually. Government service has also taken a toll on Richard Sinnott, 55, the former city censor. In charge of issuing permits for rock concerts, Sinnott occasionally took...
...runs a restaurant as if his soups and stews could cure loneliness and disappointment. The permutations of food and woe inspire him: "Why not a restaurant full of refrigerators, where people came and chose the food they wanted? . . . Or maybe he could install a giant fireplace, with a whole steer turning slowly on a spit. You'd slice what you liked onto your plate and sit around in armchairs eating and talking with the guests at large. Then again, maybe he would start serving only street food. Of course! He'd cook what people felt homesick...
...common fault of these illustrious men? All, Human Events believes, are tying to steer Ronald Reagan from his deep-rooted conservatism and thus undermine his presidency. "We believe the President's instincts are very, very good," says editor and co-owner Thomas S. Winter. "If follows them, he'll do just fine." It is not the President but certain advisors who are betraying the Administration's purpose, he adds...
...Tried to steer the mighty ship...
...flooded with phone calls asking for my comments. I refused them. There were hints that I should condemn Nixon and thus force his resignation. I rejected them. I would not turn on Nixon. Privately I would steer him gently-if that was possible-toward resignation...