Word: stressed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...held personal well-publicized talks with Soviet Communist Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin. He has markedly improved his grasp of foreign affairs (see interview page 14). As a result, he speaks out more confidently. He has recently been at pains to stress the U.S. commitment to South Korea and suggest the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons in its defense...
...times of proud power, any President having an Elm Street root system like the above would be subjected to dripping sarcasm by the polemicists of the more sophisticated intellectual organs. There was some of it at first, but it has quieted to a remarkable degree. In a time of stress, like the one we have been through, a lot of people come home again to the fact that the churches and schools, the service clubs and lodge halls hold much of our society together. Jerry Ford's unabashed membership is a factor in his mounting popularity. His world...
...Overcoming Stress...
...Townsend's decision to retire even as a director on Oct. 1 caught the industry by surprise. At a Detroit press conference he rejected any suggestion that creditors or directors had hastened his departure. Later he expounded to TIME Correspondent Edward J. Boyer on the pressures of "14 stress-filled years" at the top: "I can't remember a day or week when I wasn't making decisions that would have an impact on this entire company. I never remember a period of relaxation when I wasn't concerned with some element of business...
...thus too hard for Ruffian's legs. Replied Track Superintendent Joe King vehemently: "The day of the race, the 3%-inch sandy loam surface was normal, and we had normal moisture conditions." Other observers felt that Ruffian's first match race placed her under unusual stress. Noted one racehorse owner, "When you figure that 1,125 Ibs are being carried on cannon bones as thick as broomsticks, it is a wonder that such an accident doesn't happen more often." However, another compelling hypothesis emerged days after the tragedy, when a film showed four pigeons flapping...