Word: directing
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...bomber and selective service registration. His record on civil rights has been particularly distinguished; it was his vote in April, 1968 that allowed President Johnson's open housing bill to get through the Rules Committee. But on the economy, the domestic policy area over which a president has most direct control, Anderson remains a conservative, a man who believes a balanced budget is the primary goal of an economic policy. He has withdrawn his support of Kemp-Roth; even his original support of such an irresponsible and dangerous a proposal, though, reveals the heart of a conservative. Anderson's much...
Voluntary control of health care costs by the private sector and increased emphasis on basic health services will direct U.S. health policy during the coming decade, the executive vice president of the American Medical Association (AMA) said yesterday in a speech at the School of Public Health...
...party, the New Progressive Party (P.N.P.), sponsored the 1977 legislation establishing the primaries, thus ending the custom of party leaders selecting convention delegates. "The primaries are a giant step toward promoting and achieving statehood," says Hernán Padilla, Republican Party executive vice president. "They take us into the direct political process...
...analysts believe that Western aid to Pakistan should be limited to defensive equipment. The Islamabad government covets some of the most sophisticated weapons in the American arsenal, including F-15 and A-7 fighters, but it is not likely to get them. That kind of equipment would be a direct provocation to India, which might then feel obliged to seek Moscow's help in modernizing its armory. British experts also feel that the Western allies should not become involved in smuggling arms to the Afghan rebels. A far safer course would be to leave that task either to China...
...savior; but Beaton also observes "his feminine hands with the pointed nails and ringers" and the cracks in his patent-leather shoes. He also records the great man's uncensored political comments. Speaking about the Nazi war criminals, then on trial in Nuremberg, Churchill was typically direct. "Bump 'em off," he growled, "but don't prolong the agony." Evelyn Waugh, an old enemy from school days, receives the worst treatment, and for a telling reason. "In our own way we were both snobs," Beaton admits, "and no snob welcomes another who has risen with him." When...