Word: problems
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There can be conflicts, too, between different officials favoring different options. I myself liked to have a consensus developed before a problem came to my desk for decision, but then I reserved the right to go behind that consensus to find out what the differing views were in the process. In were in the process. In that way I got a feel as to whether it was just a weak compromise or whether it was a legitimate one that provided the best answer. You can have compromises that just destroy the arguments on either the right or the left...
...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 go out and educate the people on why a decision that...
Last week Seaga dismissed accusations that over the years have painted him alternately as a Communist and a fascist. "The fact of the matter is that I am very much in the center," he said. His most immediate problem, he explained, would be to renegotiate the country's $1.5 billion debt and deal with the country's virtual bankruptcy. As to warnings of continued violence, he expressed optimism that he would be able to bind the nation's wounds "Once the decision has been made." he said, "the people who are the losers usually move...
...ranking officials. There used to be a saying in the old society that once a man got promoted, even his dogs and chickens could go to heaven." This notion lingers, and it impedes efforts to reform the practice of officials clinging to their jobs for life. Says Yuan: "The problem is that once a person has a high position, he gets special privileges that he doesn't want to give...
...most interesting results came from the question "What is China's biggest social problem?" Fifty-five percent replied that it was the special privileges of Communist Party cadres. Some 23% said unemployment. Another question simply asked the students to name what they believe in. Only one-third answered "Communism," a surprisingly low figure considering the intense indoctrination of youth for the past 30 years. Nearly a quarter of the students said they believed in fate, a tiny fraction named capitalism. A significant 25% offered a chilling answer: "Nothing...