Word: waverings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...drama, played the lead role, gave the epilogue. He was attentive to the Congressmen, one of whom is half his age, just 18 when the shots were fired on Nov. 22, 1963. He was not afraid to describe the shots, the blood, the brains, the feeling. Connall did not waver. The men in front of him were reduced to size. Once he referred to "Senator" Kennedy. John Kennedy had never really been more than that to the Texans...
...take advantage of the momentum they have been building over the past few months, ERA supporters agree that the issue must come to a vote before the legislative session closes on June 30. A number of representatives continue to waver, however, and the amendment's supporters are wary of calling for a vote until they are sure they have maximum support. Worries League of Women Voters Lobbyist Gloria Craven: "Taking a stand on an issue like this in an election year is tough." Regardless of what happens, Naomi Ross of the National Organization for Women maintains that ERA'S foes...
...candlelit table on Washington's Prospect Street one night not long ago, Bill Ruckelshaus, the former Deputy Attorney General, now senior vice president of Weyerhaeuser Co., gathered with old friends. Eyes shone bright. Could he, would he? No, no, he protested. But there might have been a waver in his voice...
...Liberation of Palestine. Two years ago, Fahd was close to reaching an agreement with Arafat under which Fatah would renounce terrorism in favor of a negotiated peace, a deal that collapsed following Sadat's trip to Jerusalem last November. But Fahd's support for Arafat did not waver. When the Israelis invaded southern Lebanon this spring, the first shipment of arms to reach the P.L.O. guerrillas came from Saudi Arabia...
This small group of men supported the swine flu decision, and, having committed themselves to it, did not waver. A few state officials dissented, but the vaccine establishment controls substantial amounts of public health funds; the establishment's decision will never be proved wrong--there might have been an epidemic--and it would have been politically foolish to argue. So few public health officials insisted that consumer representatives have a major voice in the decisionmaking. No one objected when the four drug companies that would profit from the program played such a major role in its planning...