Word: viewpoint
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seem reassured by the mere fact that the Nixon Administration is in power. Nixon is their man in style, tone and convictions. Psychologically, at least, he has made some gestures in their direction. He has said and done less than his predecessor about helping blacks - which from the national viewpoint will probably prove to be a dangerous tactic in the long run. He has taken tough positions on law enforcement and student unrest - without, how ever, going as far as the forgotten American wants. Nixon is trying to end the Vietnamese war - an effort welcome to al most all Americans...
...earlier determination to wrest from the delegates an endorsement of the Russian stand against China and approval of the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia. Compared with previous Communist conferences, Moscow '69 was relatively open and candid. Pravda ran excerpts from the speeches, including those unfavorable to the Soviet viewpoint. There were daily briefings for correspondents. A Soviet-run press center distributed texts of the speeches, though some of the critical addresses were delayed for many hours for "technical reasons" and then were available only in very small numbers...
...From the viewpoint of public interest, the Geneva trip was something of a disappointment. Except for an open-air evening Mass celebrated by the Pope in the Pare de la Grange, where 60,000 people showed up, the crowds were amazingly small. Some Protestant traditionalists showed their displeasure at the visit by holding a prayer vigil at the supposed site of Calvin's grave, and nine Presbyterian ministers picketed World Council headquarters with signs saying "No peace with Rome" shortly before the Pope's arrival. The major threat to the peace of the day-a planned demonstration...
...Louisiana's Russell Long as Senate Majority Whip in January, Ted Kennedy talked of the Democrats' "obligation to the country to present the best possible programs in keeping with our historic role as the party of progress and change." No such programs have materialized. Kennedy's viewpoint has considerable support, but not among the majority of committee chairmen, who retain much of the legislative power. One Democratic chairman, Carl Perkins of the House Education and Labor Committee, attempted to take an independent stand on an important education bill, extending the authorization for federal assistance from two years...
Quota System. Even so, Congress has not been persuaded that exploration would be discouraged by a reduction in the depletion allowance. On Capitol Hill, the feeling is growing that the allowances, which cost the Government about $1 billion a year in lost taxes, are indefensible from the viewpoint of tax equity. Partly because of its tax privileges, the oil industry has fairly high profits. Oil companies earn an average of 11.2% on their invested capital, which is slightly above the norm for all U.S. industry; they also earn 10% on sales, which is about double the figure for other...