Word: knowingly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...does the fact that Washington is a company town mean that the company itself is lifeless. When a big political event breaks in Washington, there is nothing like it. Those same reporters who sometimes make too much of too little also know a real story when they see one. They whoop it up like prospectors, and the city shines with news. The point is that Washington is very much whatever the rest of the country wants it to be, and if it has turned out to be not quite perfect, it is largely because some old ideas soured, or outlived...
...specific issue the President needs to know the facts, get the best information, so that he can make the decision and then lead from there. I do not think a President should run the country on the basis of the polls. The public in so many cases does not have a full comprehension of the complexity of a problem. A President ought to listen to people, but he cannot make hard decisions just by reading the polls once a week. It just does not work, and what the President ought to do is make the hard decisions and then...
...stalemate when those at neither end of Pennsylvania Avenue know what they really want; when, at both ends, officials and lawmakers are wallowing in symbols and photo opportunities and other media gimmicks, trying to ride a poll or catch a headline...
...richer will make people work harder. Wan cites the way local farm communes no longer have to produce solely according to a state quota system but can decide for themselves what to grow to satisfy local market conditions. Says he: "They are in a better position to know what to plant-and they can become richer." Under the old system, factories produced according to fixed quotas and turned over virtually all of their profits to the state. Now about 20% of their production can be directed to the free market. "We also plan to give a greater role...
...economic researchers have been cooperating with the economic ministries to find out ways to solve numerous problems. We lave even organized a discussion on what is the purpose of human life. After 30 years of political turmoil, our thinking is confused. Our young people in particular don't know what to do in this world. We have an open forum for them to discuss these things so they can draw their own conclusions...