Word: tampering
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Such schemes may provoke debate, but they fall far short of providing a rallying cry for right-wingers. Where Social Security is concerned, no significant change is feasible without strong presidential leadership. Bush, mindful of the fierce geriatric lobby, insists, "I don't want to tamper with the Social Security system...
...blissfully silent on Thanksgiving. Such restraint is appropriate for a holiday that commemorates one of the rare occasions when the white man treated the Indian with dignity and respect. But public officials may also be chastened by the experience of Franklin Roosevelt, the only modern President to try to tamper with Thanksgiving. Back in 1939, Roosevelt touched off a patriotic uprising when he issued a proclamation unilaterally shifting Thanksgiving from the then customary last Thursday in November (the 30th) to the fourth Thursday (the 23rd) as a way of granting Depression-era merchants a longer Christmas selling season. F.D.R...
...real problem, according to Cole, is that some professors are traditionalists, wedded to the old methods of research and resistant to the introduction of modern technology. Widener's floor plan is the sacred cow of the Harvard research establishment, Cole says, and faculty are reluctant to tamper with...
...interesting choice of words in an officially atheist society, and A.A.'s teaching that members must learn to rely on a "higher power" creates an inevitable conflict for Moscow Beginners. Some of the members are uncomfortable with the group's religious tone; others, understandably, are afraid to tamper with the organization's time-tested tenets...
Until now, the West has been remarkably shy about taking a hand in the process of change. Entranced by Gorbachev and anxious to believe the cold war is nearly over, the West has been reluctant to tamper in his sphere of influence. Preoccupied with other regions, Washington in particular has not paid more than occasional attention to Eastern Europe. Wariness is wise, but the current indecision has been paralytic...