Word: mannerly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Walesa takes criticisms of his contradictory manner in stride. He sees himself as a peacemaker among Solidarity's moderate and radical factions. Says he: "My job is to unite them. I scale down the militants and raise up the mildest...
...Weinberger left Washington with a rather Hooverish reputation: he regularly bewailed boosts in Government social spending, unsuccessfully urged Nixon to veto a bill increasing federal aid to the blind and disabled, and counseled spending reductions in all manner of programs, from school aid to medical research...
...friend says that Stockman, as Reagan's chief budget cutter, is resigned to being the "most unpopular man in Washington for the next few years." His manner is sometimes aloof and abrasive, but even critics admire his ability to marshal facts quickly and wield them to deadly effect during debates...
...going to popular culture's sub-basement in search of material. Flash Gordon, which expensive but unpretentious, works; Popeye, which reflects the critical and sociological chat about comics in recent years, does not. Indeed, it is one of the most grievously miscalculated movies in recent memory, claustrophobic in manner, mean in spirit, downright grotesque to look...
...formidable. The three French television channels and the national radio network are all state run. The government appoints their directors, who appoint their news editors, who make sure that little is broadcast that might displease Giscard. Lately the President has taken to referring to "my television," in the manner of Charles de Gaulle, who considered the French broadcasting industry to be his private preserve. Says French Press Law Expert Robert Badinter: "The President has very well understood that what is truly important in a modern state is control of the media...