Word: stepping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...prepared address last week in Elizabeth. There he declared, to enthusiastic applause, that "the survival of Israel is not a political issue. It is a moral imperative." He sharply criticized Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's penchant for personalized and secret handling of foreign affairs, including the shuttle, step-by-step diplomacy that has achieved cease-fires in Sinai and on the Golan Heights. Carter complained that "the underlying threat to Israel" has been left "unresolved." He called for "a general settlement" to be reached by "direct negotiation between the parties...
...Volkswagen: gasoline and electric power (20 m.p.g.); 69.3 in. wide; 77 in. high; wheelbase 94.5 in.; a variation of the VW Microbus model. Five passengers; retractable step, sliding door...
When he became Lyndon Johnson's Vice President, the Oval Office was only a step-and a heartbeat-away. But Johnson made immediately clear what their relationship would be: master and vassal. Shortly after the 1964 convention that nominated them, L.B.J. drove Humphrey around his Texas ranch. Spotting a deer, Johnson shouted: "Hubert, there's one for you. Get it!" The very thought of shooting a living creature repelled him, but Humphrey obeyed. Then, as he tells it: "I turned to Johnson with a mixture of satisfaction at having done so well what he wanted and revulsion...
...presidency on his own, he could not cut the cord. Fearful that a public attack by Johnson would destroy him with old-line Democrats and ensure his defeat, Humphrey failed to point the country toward a direction he knew it should go. Only late in his campaign did he step gingerly away from Johnson; when he did, his campaign surged. But it was too late...
...shoe-in for almost any medical school if he could have hung in there for a few more months. But what if he had? How many brilliant Bill's are lasting a little longer and getting out into the world as doctors today? And, going one step further, is this selection process, with performance emphases that often push young students to the brink of sanity or dull their senses of right and wrong, weeding out many of those individuals who could best deliver health care and legal services to those who need it most? The ability to deal adequately...