Word: thought
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...close friends say her recent disclosures offended him, Kennedy-who did not get to read the stories in advance-says that is not so. "Our family has always kept things private," he says, "but once Joan decided it was best for her to talk openly about the problem, I thought it was very brave." Her honesty, in fact, had benefits for both of them. Now everything was in the open; there would be no more questions about where Joan was and how she was. Some politicians, including those at the White House, viewed the Kennedy confession much more coldly...
Kennedy's strength reflects a sharp decline in voter concern over the incident on the Martha's Vineyard bridge that many thought would ruin his career. Public sentiment could change, of course, if Kennedy became a candidate for President and Chappaquiddick were raised as an issue. But, at this point, only 11% of those surveyed are bothered a lot by the fact that he was at a party with a group of single women on that night in July 1969; only 15% say they are greatly disturbed by his having gone off alone with Mary Jo Kopechne...
...been taking the rap for others, although the prisoner apparently produced no new evidence. Nonetheless, said Jackson, "I am absolutely convinced that Ray was involved, but was not alone. He says he was used, and I believe it. Others involved are still walking the streets. The very thought of a conspiracy is what compels me to help...
...native returning last week after an absence of two or three years might have thought for a moment that New York was catastrophe as usual. Striking pressmen, supported by other unions, shut down the city's three major daily newspapers, the New York Times, the Daily News and the Post. But the native would have been wrong. Before they closed up, the papers had reported a happier story. Sitting in City Hall at a desk that George Washington used when New York City was the capital of the U.S., Jimmy Carter signed a bill that authorizes $1.65 billion...
...Jimmy Carter thought that that would soothe A.F.L.-C.I.O. President George Meany, he was mistaken. Meany grumbled that the 6½% postal workers' settlement, rightly hailed by the Administration as an example of wage moderation, had been too low-and on hearing that, Carter flew into a rare rage. At a press conference, Marshall said that Meany's remarks had "personally disturbed" the President and that his stand could lead to "more inflationary demands." Meany's response was immediate: "I've called it as I saw it. I don't intend to change...