Word: wrath
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...remarks. Sometimes this amounts to repudiating a position, but Carter seems more bent on showing that at least he hadn't meant to deceive anyone. His soft-voiced answers at press conferences (with which he is generous) or in friendly televised White House "conversations" turn away wrath. Gerald Ford achieved the same effect. Such an improvement in Government and press manners is welcome, but there have been times when a little asperity on either side did a better job of illuminating an issue...
...plan will enable his people to consolidate their political power and thus negotiate with South Africa from a stronger position. "We cannot take the humiliations of the South African system any longer," he said last week. "We would rather face the difficulties of administering a fragmented territory, the wrath of the outside world, and accusations of ill-informed people. It's the price we are prepared to pay for being masters of our own destiny." Politically, the Tswanas had gained at last a measure of freedom, even though it may be a long time before they can also claim...
...feuds with local political writers, charging unfair treatment. At times, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which supported Spellman during the election, does seem to delight in baiting her. Publishers have also felt her wrath; she refused to meet again with some after they failed to stand when she entered the room?"not for me, but for the office...
...consider themselves feminists are unwilling to accept unequal treatment under the law and more and more will fight all discrimination against them. The banker who refuses mortgages to women or the businessman who consistently rejects women who apply for management jobs stands to incur not only women's wrath but also a lawsuit...
Councilor Saundra J. Graham incited the wrath of the Fundamental School's supporters by saying that allowing the Fundamental School to split from Cambridge Latin would set a precedent for the three other special schools connected with Cambridge Latin to do the same...