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...closets where lights burn all day and all night just because someone didn't turn them off." He spoke of the need to take a fresh view of U.S. relations with recalcitrant allies: "People feel that all we need to do is mash a button and determine everybody's foreign policy. But we are not living in that kind of world any more...
...Instead of patting Otto Passman on the back, he should call his bluff. In the same television press conference in which he conceded that foreign aid would have a rough going this year, Johnson lashed out at those who thought all international problems could be solved by "mashing a button." These same people are opposing the AID program, and they should be attacked with equal energy...
...films will be readily available for study, the Attorney General added. There will be specially equipped booths in the Library to which "an individual can come, press a button, and see a particular press conference or trip on film...
...later served in both the Army and the Marines. By the time he was 19, Mike had served in three branches of the armed forces, never rising above the rank of private first class, and was the youngest Montanan in the war. He still wears the Marines' discharge button in his lapel...
...work not because she has to make ends meet but because she wants to live better, buy a second car, take a European vacation, or bankroll her children through college. The automation of factories has actually opened more places for her, since no brawn is needed to press a button...