Word: hardheadedness
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Carter's transition from child to man is already well documented. His basic political world view probably was gathering itself in those years. A somewhat abstract appreciation of humankind, of the heroism of the everyday life, a little from Tolstoy, a little from Dylan Thomas. A growing sense that...
One Cabinet area that was giving Carter trouble was Justice. His close counselor, Charles Kirbo, headed the search for an Attorney General. The trouble was that the familiar Establishment names, the people who had the proven legal and management skills, often lacked the inspirational or symbolic touch Carter wanted. By...
Above all, Vance is anxious that U.S. policy reflect his deep concern for human rights around the world. These principles, he said, "should permeate our foreign-policy thinking." He is not unaware of the practical necessities of dealing with dictatorships or of guarding U.S. security. But he argues that the...
RHODESIA. Vorster declared publicly that he was not prepared to put pressure on Rhodesia's Smith. In truth, he has been doing it for some time. Last year South Africa withdrew 2,000 of its paramilitary police from Rhodesia. Recently it pulled out 50 helicopter pilots, crew chiefs and...
The pro-Market appeal seems like hardheaded analysis, however, compared with the unabashed Little England jingoism of the Why You Should Vote No brief: "The real aim of the Market is, of course, to become one single country in which Britain would be reduced to a mere province ... This may...