Word: unafraidness
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...drain on U.S. resources that can never be won because each side will spend whatever it takes to keep up with the other. "We can no longer consider the nuclear arms race to be an unfortunate fact of life," he writes. "We must be as objective, pragmatic, flexible and unafraid of change as the decision makers who simply stopped making the Edsel." It is still to be seen, however, whether business executives will become the trim tab Willens wants...
This year's race is characteristic of the courageous stands McGovern has taken throughout his political career. While others are campaigning against "big government," the South Dakotan has been unafraid to asset that government can, and should, play an important guiding role. McGovern advocates vigorous government action to combar poverty and hunger, aid education, advance equal rights for women and minorities, and protect the environment. Other Democratic candidates have pledged to support these causes as well but McGovern stands alone in his gutsy proposals to compensate for increased spending in these sectors by slashing government handouts to other, more politically...
Politically, Glenn presents himself as an independent attuned to the centrist mood of the country and unafraid to ask for sacrifices as well as promises. For example, he stresses the need for big tax increases to reduce budget deficits. "I don't like to say it in the middle of a political campaign, but it's a fact," he says. "We've got to face up to it." Mondale speaks of raising taxes too, but with a very different political spin: he says the rich were unduly favored by Reagan's tax cuts, and pledges...
...believe that Harvard has on many occasions been a great citizen, is often a good one, and when it is not, the city often has itself to blame for the problems that are created by Harvard. When you need something, you have to ask for it; step up, unafraid, and ask. Often, one man acting alone can get a lot done by following this simple rule...
...believe that Harvard has on many occasions been a great citizen, is often a good one, and when it is not, the city often has itself to blame for the problems that are created by Harvard. When you need something, you have to ask for it; step up, unafraid, and ask. Often, one man acting alone can get a lot done by following this simple rule...