Word: wrath
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only because he had to be careful of every step, every move, to make sure that he never compromised himself again, never left himself open for the withering criticism which he once received, never antagonized people enough to demand his resignation publicly this time. His first exposure to the wrath of the people he thought were in his camp had shocked him to a degree even he could not understand...
...other important races, Republican Governors also felt voter wrath over fiscal problems. Incumbents in the Midwest, Plains and Mountain states were ousted. Farmers' unhappiness over Administration agricultural policy was another factor. Congressman Clark MacGregor, enlisted to fight a hopeless battle against Hubert Humphrey, lost 58% v. 42%, a larger margin than he or the polls had predicted. Minnesota got a Democratic Governor as well. "My hunch," said MacGregor, "is that a latter-day populism is rising in the Upper Midwest. That would explain the similar pattern of voting in the cities and in the rural areas. It would...
...idea, of course, is that such a limit would force the courts to speed up -or else provoke public wrath when accused criminals go free. Whether trial deadlines should be defined by federal courts and enforced as a constitutional right is debatable. It may well be preferable for state legislatures to enact statutes setting the deadlines-as in Illinois and California, where defendants are now supposed to be tried within four and two months respectively. But if other states fail to follow suit, the reformers say, then a constitutional rule for speedy trial may be the only way to waken...
...reach the people, let's get the people on the streets. So when we Americans make movies with radical points of view, we aim to reach the masses. Make it so they can understand it, we say. Well, what do they understand? Oh, Grapes of Wrath. Salt of the Earth. On the Waterfront, Catch 22, Or, Hunger: U. S. A. Maybe, Newsreel, Sure, it looks like Hollywood. Sure it looks like CBS. But then Hollywood and CBS reach a lot of people...
...consequence of the terrorism, reports Rio de Janeiro Correspondent Kay Huff, is that ordinary bank robbers nowadays insist that they are not urban guerrillas, even as they are scooping up the bags of bills and coins. The reason is simple: unlike common criminals, terrorists face the wrath of Brazil's steel-fisted military. Much of TIME'S reporting of guerrilla activity in the Arab world is the work of Beirut Correspondent Gavin Scott, who last week interviewed Skyjacker Leila Khaled in a Palestinian refugee camp. "She proved as fast in conversation as she apparently is on the draw...