Word: knowingly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Christian familiar with biblical morality knows that racial discrimination is as much a sin as abortion or homosexuality. We who take the Bible literally (and I do not apologize for that) know that we will be held accountable if we ignore the needs of the poor, if we fail to take care of the environment that God created, or if we seek personal peace and prosperity at the expense of people in struggling Third World countries...
...Departments and divisions in colleges and universities are infested with petty politics, envy and self-serving attitudes. If a confident, creative, talented faculty member does not adhere to the proper line, he runs the risk of being driven out. If a person is fired, he deserves the right to know the reasons and who said them...
Success in the Oval Office requires that mistakes be acknowledged and corrected, that communication be direct and candid, both internally and with outside adversaries. In this time of penetrating surveillance and instant communication, the old art of bluffing and posturing is often foolish and hazardous. We know each other's capabilities. Thus clear understanding of purposes is essential. It is a basic rule of today's diplomacy that successful negotiations never produce "winners" in the television sense, only satisfied parties on both sides of the table. Threats hurled back and forth are a sign of failed leadership...
...Anderson now offers a chance for voters to protest against the system by which the two other candidates were chosen. The dilemma of having to decide between Carter and Reagan as cynically posed by New York magazine writer Michael Kramer: "We can either stick with the mediocrity we already know, or we can follow Mae West's advice that as between two evils we should always choose the one we haven't tried...
...seize the middle ground on issues and ideology, Anderson is identified by the electorate as being the most liberal of the three candidates. It is also clear that Anderson has been unable to make much of an impression on voters; more than half say they simply do not know his stands on specific issues...