Word: instead
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...moral victory filled the Chicago hotel ballroom when Representative John B. Anderson spoke to a wildly enthusiastic crowd of 1,800 believers after last week's Illinois primary. "Politics means more than just a game of winning and losing," preached the white-haired candidate. "It is instead a chance for an honest effort to chart a new course for the nation." Cheers welled up, and chants of "J.B.A., J.B.A., J.B.A.!" "The old ideas, the old politics, simply will not do," declaimed Anderson. More cheers, more chants. Anderson closed by leading the crowd in a rendition of the fight song...
...Instead, Anderson's popularity outside his own party has given rise to speculation that he might try to launch an independent or third-party candidacy. Up until last week, Anderson declined to rule out such a bid, and finally did so only after his party loyalty was criticized by Reagan. But if Anderson is thwarted by the G.O.P., he could once again be tempted by the notion of an independent candidacy. Says a White House aide: "He's one of those terribly fervent believers. He's got the mission...
...rate-largely because of its near total dependence on high-priced foreign oil. To combat this problem, Bonn is sticking to the same basic course pursued since 1973: tightly controlled expansion of the money supply, high interest rates, moderate but steady economic growth and a strong deutsche mark. Instead of the stop-go style of the U.S., an official in Bonn's Economics Ministry explains, his government prefers to keep "a gentle, careful foot on the accelerator...
...Winnie-the-Pooh, The Jungle Books and excerpts from James Thurber, in a respected and fast-growing reading program called Junior Great Books. Created for elementary and secondary schoolchildren by the Chicago-based Great Books Foundation, the reading-discussion program does not aim to "teach" the classics. It tries, instead, to teach young people to enjoy good books and to understand better whatever they read. Explains Edwin P. Moldof, the foundation's vice president: "A great story is one with inexhaustible implications...
...Citizens may not have to leave the house to conduct business, shop or even vote. In such an age of bread and circuitry there is no telling how powerful one might become. Says Toffler solemnly: "One can imagine a stage at which even ordinary television becomes interactive, so that instead of merely watching some Archie Bunker or Mary Tyler Moore of the future, we are actually able to talk to them and influence their behavior in the show." One can hardly wait...