Word: tempts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...feels he has a personal and constitutional responsibility to do so." White House Chief of Staff Alexander Haig was a little more cautious. In what seemed to be a slight crack in the stone wall against resignation, he said: "I think the only thing that would tempt resignation on the part of the President would be if he thought that served the best interests of the people." That, of course, was exactly the rationale being offered by many in the capital and the rest of the country...
...justify the change in strategy, the Secretary of Defense argued that MIRV advances might tempt the Soviet Union to launch a limited nuclear strike against the U.S. Under MAD, the only possible U.S. nuclear response would be an all-out attack on Soviet cities. That would not only be inhumane but suicidal, because Russia would retain enough missiles?particularly those aboard submarines, which are virtually invulnerable to attack?to obliterate U.S. population centers. Consequently, the President might decide to save American lives by not retaliating, in effect acquiescing to the aggression...
...received his koan, or Zen riddle. A postulant's first koan usually is one of formidable difficulty, and solving it may take years. On each day of each of these years, the master asks in a sharp and businesslike manner for the answer. The learning monk may at tempt some reply or say nothing. When the master decides that no progress will be made on that day, he rings a small bell, and the interview is over...
...package-the maximum allowed under its Phase III wage and price controls. That would represent a 16.5% wage rise for the miners, who average between $66 and $92 a week; they are asking for a 33% rise. Heath says that such a pay increase would be inflationary and would tempt workers in other industries to demand similar boosts. The miners responded by pointing out that the fact they must work overtime to keep the nation afloat indicates the inability of the National Coal Board to maintain an adequate working force because of present low wages. Asked if a settlement...
...such an environment, the traditional tools of economic management are no longer enough to keep the economy in good health. Heavy government spending and increases in the money supply that boost demand are more likely to tempt employers to bid up the wages of skilled workers than to hire the unskilled jobless. Cutting back the flow of money to the economy can produce a shallow recession, but as Americans learned in 1970, prices are likely to keep rising rapidly anyway...