Word: voided
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last word often influenced Carter's decision. But Vance has declined in favor, partly because Carter seems to regard him as too mild and conciliatory toward the Soviets. Yet Brzezinski has not assumed power, for Carter mistrusts his emotionalism and theatricality. No one fills the policy void, and decisions have to be made under pressure, sometimes by men in a state of late-night exhaustion. Defense Secretary Harold Brown is regarded as a skilled technocrat but cautious to a fault on policymaking. CIA Director Stansfield Turner makes a very limited contribution. Adding to the disarray, Carter has repeatedly replaced...
...clear that Carle and Curry will be missed next year. The absence of their leadership and steadying influence will leave a serious void in this young and inexperienced team and of course their basketball skills will be hard to replace...
...Within the promise book is virtually every goal and at least the germ of almost every idea that the challengers are now so ardently proclaiming on the campaign trail. In hindsight's cruel light, we see that the promise book is a gaudy shell wrapped around a void. There is hardly a word about implementing these dreams. So it is in this campaign. The candidates describe how lovely life will be in their fairylands, but they rarely talk about how they are going to get there. That is because getting there is almost...
...Halberstam '55 once called New Hampshire the "land of journalist overkill," and few would disagree. For politicians, pundits and mere voters groping for some tangible indication of which would-be Wizard of Oz to follow down the yellow brick road to the White House, New Hampshire fills a psychological void. New Hampshire takes the vague preconceptions and sets them in bold type; where conflicting polls lose meaning, the neat, unchanging rows of figures give everyone something to latch on to as gospel. "The people have spoken, the fools...
...public television BBC imports, the decade was unmemorable. The networks received more prase for their coverage of the Watergate hearings than for any other programming event. In the '70s the news became entertainment because T.V. offered little else of value. Public and cable TV tried to fill the void: the former by presenting the best of British television paid for (tax deductibly) by the major oil companies; the latter by showing mostly current features and sporting events, paid for by the viewers themselves. If those two forms of television hold forth some hope that the tube might yet be salvageable...