Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...then summoned his economic advisers. They decided that there was still no reason to take any federal action; no one even suggested that Ford change his position. Reported Press Secretary Ron Nessen: "The President is not going to send money to New York." Nessen made a rather silly comparison between New York and a wayward daughter on drugs. Said he: "Would you help her? Are you going to give her $100 a day to support her habit? The answer is no. You tell her she's got to go cold turkey...
...though these are regulated by medical devices to spare him any embarrassment. How he would survive the stresses of the presidency is anybody's guess. President Franklin Roosevelt was also confined to a wheelchair, but only his legs were paralyzed. Still, Wallace is making the most of the comparison. Says he: "F.D.R. was a paralytic and served four terms. I'm sure I could serve for one or maybe more...
Vice? Extortion? Modern Americans are bound to be startled by such references. We are trained to think of our ancestors as good and godly because they achieved so much. By comparison with the founders, we see ourselves as a sorry lot. In corner taverns and corners of universities, at church or at cocktails, only the economy itself inspires more heated debate and obsessive worry than does the American moral condition...
...Coop agreed to the new policy because of a state law that advertisements cannot use the word "list price" in comparison with another price unless a large number of the area's retail stores sell the item at the "list price," Davis said...
...always runs the meetings, seems to have a rare ability to impress audiences with the urgency and truth of his message. His gestures too are apparently hypnotic: he is said to tip his head back at regular intervals. Says one witness: "A robot was the only comparison I could make...