Word: barreling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Shaky Grasp. Despite the quality of his advice, there is reason to doubt Reagan's grasp of economic complexities. Some of his statements are extreme-and not only on the budget. On energy policy, he says: "We need to begin pumping every barrel of domestic oil we can get our hands on, begin using our vast coal reserves with both intelligence and innovation, and begin shifting our sights to the one sure source that will carry us through the next decades-nuclear energy." Those views are worth serious attention, but Reagan goes on to say that if all that...
...self-serving cynicism of elected officials can be temporarily halted by simply voting every incumbent out. If there is a good apple in the smelly Government barrel, it's probably a kindness to get rid of him before he turns bad anyhow...
...hurricane of energy, built like a barrel of spruce beer, Putnam quickly won the rank of general during the disorganized fighting before Washington took command. His aggressive spirit spurred American forces to the occupation of Charlestown and the Battle of Bunker Hill. Washington values Putnam as a leader of small forces in hot combat, but the semiliterate general knows and cares little about problems like planning and supply. Putnam is presently second in command in New York. To help him with administration Washington has assigned him an aide from his own staff, Major Aaron Burr, 20, a sparrow-sized scholar...
...Philadelphia, the price of beef has exploded-up 114 percent in only three months, from ?3 10 shillings to ?7 10 shillings in Pennsylvania currency per barrel. New Yorkers are buying refined sugar at exactly double the cost of three months ago (1 shilling 3 pence, v. 2 shillings 6 pence per pound). And tavern keepers throughout the Colonies are bitterly protesting the intoxicated prices of West Indian rum, now running as much as 110 percent higher than last whiter. Even the humble pin is no longer humble in cost. A woman in Braintree, Massachusetts, complains: "The cry for pins...
...bluff, barrel-chested Usery faces the challenge with the respect of both labor and management as "the best mediator in the country," to quote Bill Dempsey, the railroads' chief negotiator. Usery rose from welder to become a top negotiator for the International Association of Machinists. So impressive was he at the bargaining table that George Shultz, President Nixon's first Labor Secretary, asked him in 1969 to put aside party loyalties (he is a Democrat) and become an assistant secretary for labor-management relations. That job led to a 1973 appointment as head of the Federal Mediation...