Word: sustains
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...predominant concern during Watergate was not the investigations that formed the headlines of the day. It I was to sustain the credibility of the U.S. as a major power. We could-and did-take diplomatic initiatives; we could- and did-utter warnings against threats to our security. But the authority to implement them was beginning to seep away...
With every passing day Watergate was circumscribing our freedom of action. We were losing the ability to make credible commitments, for we could no longer guarantee congressional approval. At the same time, we had to be careful to avoid confrontations for fear of being unable to sustain them in the miasma of domestic suspicion. (When we went on alert at the end of the Mideast war in October 1973, I was asked at a press conference whether it was a Watergate maneuver...
After about half an hour in the Lincoln Bedroom I returned to my White House office. Soon Nixon called. I must not remember our encounter that evening as a sign of weakness, he said. How strange is the illusion by which men sustain themselves! This evening when he had bared his soul I saw a man of tenacity and resilience. And so I told the stricken President that if I ever spoke of the evening, it would be with respect. He had honored me by sharing with me his last free night in the White House. He had conducted himself...
...ultimately must be waged within the mind of each individual. But one need not struggle completely alone--groups such as The Council for a Liveable World and Physicians for Social Responsibility provide information to counter both apathy and ignorance. If it is apparent that mass fear and widespread illusion sustain the arms race, it is also becoming clear that to halt it, such emotions must be replaced by courage and intelligence on a similar scale. Human history offers no precedent of such a transformation...
...interest was in St. Joe Minerals, which was the object of Fluor's friendly takeover bid in April of 1981. It doesn't take much of a political observer to know that Fluor's work on South Africa's coal gasification plans has enabled that racist regime to further sustain itself, reason enough to sell, of course...