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...bureaucrat struggling for power in Washington has to tread a fine line: he must push his ideas vigorously, but not so vigorously as to offend those who have more clout than he. Federal Energy Administrator John C. Sawhill stepped over the line, and last week he paid the price. President Ford held a surprise news conference to announce Saw-hill's resignation, which Ford had requested the week before. It was the first public-though gentlemanly-sacking of a top official since Ford took office...
...thought as for one of today's scholars to imagine himself a member of a slave society. Except that today's scholars carry an additional burden. Aware that their writing may be used to illuminate or obscure the situation of contemporary American blacks, many historians of slavery begin to tread warily at the edges of inter-racial relationships, whether they're considering slaves' resistance to planters or planters' benevolence to slaves...
...young and unthinking, and in his haste to make a niche for himself in the world he steps on more than a few toes. The question remains if, like Cohen, he will remain oblivious to the howls of pain around him, or if his experience will teach him to tread more gingerly...
...been slipped into the backrooms of power by the male gatekeepers with a watchful eye on Title IX, E.R.A., affirmative action, and all those other impending legal nuisances. And, grateful for their charity, we have learned to walk softly, and to check our big sticks at the door. We tread with our fear kept quietly under wraps--unsure at every juncture if we can fight, and hoping to God we don't have to. For many of us there is a recurring sense of powerlessness--the same powerlessness we feel when we walk down a street at night, knowing that...
...Treading Tenderly. Although Tanaka's fortunes are at their lowest ever, no one is willing to count him out. Last week he moved swiftly to stem a total collapse of his Cabinet by shifting one of his loyal followers, Masayoshi Ohira, 64, from Foreign Minister to Fukuda's post at Finance. He named two other well-known and respected L.D.P. veterans to the other vacant posts: Toshio Kimura, 65, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Kichizo Hosoda, 62, to Hori's old job. From now on, however, the abrasive, aggressive Tanaka will have to tread much...