Word: reassessed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Democratic struggle is forcing Republicans to reassess the free-for-all in their own party. Many G.O.P. leaders fear that a Carter victory would make him much harder to beat in November. Says G.O.P. National Chairman William Brock: "He would have successfully met the question of his leadership and taken some of the wind out of issues that we would like to have first crack at." But the prospect of a Kennedy victory poses even more imponderables for Republicans. If the Democratic tide runs toward Kennedy, would the G.O.P. want to field its aging front runner, 68-year-old Ronald...
...dealing with the greatest single concentration of power over human lives," he said, adding, "We accept the notion that this is a commodity that is to be used for profit. I suggest that you reassess this assumption...
...public, Adams professed that he had not decided whether to stay. First, he said, he had to reassess the new setup at the White House and the Administration's commitment to "mass transportation and moving Detroit toward a fuel-efficient automobile." When Powell showed Carter a news account of Adams' comments, the President turned livid. He icily instructed Powell to tell reporters that "I haven't had a chance yet to talk to Secretary Adams, but I will in the very near future." Adams showed up at the White House Friday morning but did not wait to be fired. Said...
...would take in 14,000 Vietnamese refugees a month, double the figure now, and won agreement from his fellow summiteers to press for an international conference on the boat people's plight. In Korea, from which Carter had once pledged to withdraw U.S. troops, he had to reassess a military situation that makes withdrawal difficult...
President Carter acknowledged the new reality in a talk with a group of editors. He said the accident "will make all of us reassess our present safety regulations ... and will probably lead inexorably toward even more stringent safety design mechanisms and standards." Said Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd: "We've been assured time and time again by the industry and federal regulatory agencies that this was something that was impossible, that could not happen, but it did happen. There's going to be great difficulty on the part of the American people to feel absolutely reassured about nuclear power...