Word: whether
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...vote for that, Ted. You ain't so bad. There's hope for you yet." Other Democrats thought otherwise. Complained Budget Committee Chairman Edmund Muskie of Maine: "Like a good New England sailor, Kennedy has learned to tack with the wind." Kennedy did so, moreover, without explaining whether he wants to get the extra money for the Pentagon by cutting domestic programs or by increasing the budget deficit...
Politicians are divided over whether Kennedy is hurting himself by edging toward the center on too many issues. Many agree with liberal Democrat Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin that "it is inevitable in a campaign for you to moderate your views." Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont disagrees. Says he: "People where I come from want their leaders to take a position. Those who try to shift with the wind tend to lose...
Since Kennedy became chairman of the Judiciary Committee last January, he has impressed other Democrats by his ability to get along with the committee's ranking Republican, former Segregationist Strom Thurmond of South Carolina. They were able to compromise, for example, on the testy question of whether nominees for federal judgeships should be required to resign from private clubs that discriminate against blacks. The problem arose over Carter's nomination of a Tennessee jurist, Bailey Brown, to the U.S. Court of Appeals. Brown had a strong pro-civil rights record as a district court judge, but he stubbornly refused...
...Partly because prices and profits are up, domestic drilling is booming. The number of oil rigs at work in the U.S. has jumped from 1,929 in April to 2,391 at present and is expected to reach 2,600 by year's end. It is highly questionable whether stiffer controls or nationalization would spur more efficiency. The record of the Post Office and the heavily regulated railroads is hardly encouraging...
...soaring profits of the private oil companies certainly deserve examination. But the question should be whether the price is high enough to stimulate conservation and whether the profit is being put into exploration, for only if the U.S. saves and produces more energy can it ease OPEC's monopoly power...