Word: trusts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Well, I think Roosevelt and Churchill were extraordinary for that period, and I think President Ford is going down in history as having done a fantastic job. He restored public faith and trust in the White House. He is open, he is decent, he is kind, and also, he did a job in the international field and on the economy. Just the right man at the right time...
When he does, Carter probably will discover that even a "trust me" President probably cannot successfully reconcile the views of those who believe that anyone who failed to serve when called committed a treasonable act with those who feel that draft evasion was a lonely decision of a high moral order. Even the general outline of his plan, which he sketched during the campaign, was criticized as "too little and too late" by some of the exiled Americans who might be affected, and denounced as too lenient by various veterans' groups...
...between love and money, The Lady Eve is his most fully realized film. Concentrating on sexual relations, its resolution shows that the dominant American understanding of romantic love requires a suspension of self-consciousness, obscuring the reality that neither of the partners truly deserves the other's love and trust. It should also be mentioned that Sturges is probably the funniest man who ever made movies in America...
...former Commerce Secretary who is now board chairman of New York's Lehman Brothers tried a different approach. "Why does Congress deny these raises?" the report asked. "Because it knows the mood of Americans, who have far less confidence in public officials than before. Breaches of trust-even by relatively few-have reduced the willingness to increase compensation." Concluding that "only a commitment to serious reform will convince Americans that trust and confidence can be restored and that increases in salary are justified," the Peterson commission recommended a financial code of conduct for federal officials to go along with...
...though the deficit has dwindled, the inflation has not-and the government seems inclined to trust to a sense of national purpose rather than tough immediate measures to bring it down. Says Defense Minister Shimon Peres, Rabin's chief rival in the upcoming elections: "Vision is worth more than economic study, and the dreamer gets better results than the best professor of economics." One such economist, Tel Aviv University President Haim Ben-Shahar, feels that only a decisive leadership, the kind that would be brave enough to stand up to political pressure groups and cut defense spending, can assure...