Word: succession
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...success of cults today is based partly upon an edifice of unhappy sociological cliches: the breakdown of the family and other forms of authority, the rootlessness and moral flabbiness of life...
Carter's political future largely depends on his success in curbing federal spending and the inflation it breeds. Says Federal Reserve Board Chairman G. William Miller: "The best proof of his commitment [to trimming the budget] is that he can't get re-elected unless he deals with inflation." But if Carter cuts too sharply he will alienate many of the groups?liberals, minorities, labor?who supported him in '76. Senator Ted Kennedy, a potential Carter rival in 1980, has already threatened to fight any reductions in health appropriations. Anticipating an intraparty battle ahead, a Kennedy staffer warns: "There...
...Bureau of Prisons from 1937 to 1964; of kidney failure; in Bethesda, Md. An early advocate of rehabilitation rather than punishment, Bennett introduced such then unknown reforms as job training for inmates, halfway houses and "open" prisons without bars or armed guards. His efforts met with success: during his tenure, the recidivism rate for released federal prisoners dropped 50%. After his retirement, Bennett continued to work for prison reform and gun control...
With a motto like "tough in the corners, but definitely off the wall," it is difficult to see anything but success for the women's squash team this season...
...Women's Health Book Collective, a group of ten women from the Boston area, published Our Bodies, Ourselves, a virtual primer of feminism. Feminism, in the authors' minds, meant looking at men and women as equals and the traditionally "feminine" values--generosity, compassion, love--as important. Buoyed by the success of Bodies, the same group turned this feminist perspective on the business of child rearing; the felicitous result is Ourselves and Our Children...