Word: zeros
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...master plan authorized by the new contract will only establish general guidelines for a non-Harvard architect. "Harvard's involvement beyond the master plan would be zero, Abernathy says...
Later at an open house, Kolling gives a quick definition of Carter's zero-base budgeting plan: "We have to reduce some of the confusion and waste of Government by making agencies justify their spending every year." When specific answers do not satisfy a voter, Kolling falls back on the general: "We have to have a President who can set a tone, someone who can point the country in the right direction and appeal to a lot of different groups." One by one, his listeners nod in agreement...
...general in retirement and an admiral in mothballs," notes Actor Peter Ustinov. The "we" are the speaker and Zero Mostel, stars of an ABC-TV special. The May 18 program of four original plays, all directed by Ustinov, includes a Neil Simon sketch titled A Quiet War. In it, Mostel and friend play a couple of old Russian "Sunshine Boys" who get together every Tuesday for an argument. "We pick a different subject every week. This time it's food," says the actor-director. "We're deciding what the perfect lunch is." Sounds like a toothsome assignment...
...Japan," he recalls. "To stay cheerful in Moscow is a real task, especially in winter. It gets so cold." Schecter mentions that many other foreigners became seriously depressed during the winter months; in the book, his mother mentions how the family went into mild hibernation as the sub-zero temperatures slowed down their metabolisms. "It's a rough place to live," he laughs. "I think the way we did it was perfect. Having a big family was a great help. If I had to go to school by myself, I probably would have given up because it was so traumatic...
...with the Trident submarine. Worried about the dangers of the nuclear arms race, Carter is convinced that the President must make nuclear disarmament a firmly fixed national goal. He tells his audiences that in his inaugural address he would state clearly the commitment of the U.S. Government to a "zero goal"?the elimination of all nuclear weapons in the world through multilateral negotiations. He admits, however, that the goal will probably not be reached "in my lifetime...