Word: viewpoints
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would like, for a moment at least, to speak as an American citizen of the world. I would like to speak from the viewpoint of the international neighborhood which is unified by one fundamental, unshakeable ideal: the ideal of democracy. What this community means by "democracy" is the freedom of the individual to choose his or her private beliefs and to participate in choosing laws according to which men are equal. As I look at how American assistance abroad has sought to realize this common aspiration of man -- its heroic accomplishment in the two world wars, the Marshall Plan...
...defended the union from charges of extremism. Said Severin Blumstein, 35, a member of a Paris-based group of Solidarity exiles: "It's amazing! To have democratic countries question the right of other countries to that very same democracy they take for granted strikes me as a cynical viewpoint...
Faced with such wide-ranging differences of viewpoint, Haig decided, as he told reporters on the way to Cairo, that "the time has come for me to make a firsthand assessment on the ground." That is precisely what he did. His aim was not to offer ideas but to assess the degrees of flexibility on both sides. For a day and a half, he talked with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Foreign Minister Kamal Hassan Ali and other officials in Cairo...
...games little boys play," he said. "The future of civilization is not at stake." He gave a strong hint of what was to become his skewed, lifelong approach to a story on his first sports assignment in 1928: covering a night football practice, he wrote the piece from the viewpoint of a glowworm depressed by the awesome competition of the field lights. Smith was exceptionally prolific, turning out five columns a week for 21 years at the New York Herald Tribune, and four a week for ten years at the New York Times. He lavished most of his attention...
...Socialist Club, a serious organization created for the discussion of both the theory and practice that would put control of popular institutions under the control of the people most needing their benefits. With Lippmann, who had already gained a reputation for his precise analytical thinking and staid political viewpoint, the Socialist Club promised more than the good time and energy outlet Reed had become used...