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...fisheries problem and later warned that "more delay would be irresponsible." On the acid rain issue, Secretary of State Alexander Haig claimed that the U.S. shared Trudeau's "concern"-an assurance that did little to allay Canada's fears. But the important thing, from the Canadian viewpoint, was the groundwork that was laid. Reagan had wanted to make a quick unofficial visit to Canada, as he did to Mexico before his Inauguration, to stress his still undefined notion of a "North American accord." Because of scheduling problems, he ended up going to Canada on his first state visit...
...ancestors." The 1977 version: "Darwin was suggesting that humans may also have evolved from less specialized ancestors." A Holt, Rinehart editor says: "If you're not listed in a state, you can't sell books in a state. And as a publisher, if you take an ideological viewpoint, you may find yourself not listed...
...morbid sense of shame and self-hatred. Moral revisionists will no doubt blame such personal tragedies on the evil influence of society and public opinion in defining attitues and constricting freedom of sexual behavior. Changes in the way society sees gays and lesbians have accompanied the more cosmopolitan viewpoint of a permissive society, but as long as a certain queeziness and homophobia remain its basic response to homosexuality, the question--"Why me?"--will persist in the consciences of many of society's so-called deviants...
...ministration officials argue that tough action to cut the budget would have a major impact on public psychology and cause inflation to decelerate rapidly. They point to the experience of the period between 1974 and 1976, when inflation dropped precipitously, from 12.2% to 4.8%. Greenspan supported that optimistic viewpoint, saying, "If the President succeeds in pushing through these budget cuts, it would be a major watershed in economic policy. The change in inflation expectations could be quite dramatic...
...Daniel P. Moynihan, then a Cambridge-Washington commuter while serving as an adviser to Richard Nixon. At home on weekends, Moynihan, now a U.S. Senator from New York, treated graduate students to brandy-spiced evenings of political conversation. "I became Moynihanized," Stockman says. "I was looking for an alternative viewpoint that was respectable, while being anti-left...