Word: throwbacks
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There were other disquieting notes in the statement. Ford described the operation as being "in the best interest of the people of Chile"?a throwback to an America-knows-what's-best-for-you line of years past that was particularly offensive to many countries. In addition, Ford did not make the small but crucial distinction between intelligence gathering and covert operations, which led some critics to suspect that he was not wholly familiar with the subject...
...open Administration. "Either the intention to be open with the press wasn't really there, or it quickly became subordinate to other issues," says Charles W. Bailey, editor of the Minneapolis Tribune. In an editorial last week, the Chicago Daily News discerned "the cold, clear sign of a throwback to the Nixon White House era of manipulating the press secretary and the press while the inner circle of cronies decided what degree of candor was affordable...
After long and heated discussions, the President also won reluctant approval from his Cabinet for some new press curbs, which some leftists criticized, a bit unfairly, as a throwback to the bad old days of the Caetano regime. The press law bans "ideological aggression against the program of the Armed Forces Movement," like inciting soldiers to desert or workers to walk off their jobs. Violating editors are subject to fines of up to 500,000 escudos ($20,000) and a six-month ban on publication of their papers...
...latest innovation is the John Marshall Fundamental School, which was opened last fall at the direction of a newly elected school board, dominated 4 to 1 by conservatives. A deliberate throwback to the past, John Marshall offers its 1,100 pupils a no-nonsense curriculum grounded in the three Rs. The school runs through the eighth grade, and even in kindergarten the emphasis is on reading. Principal Mike Kellner also stresses patriotism: each morning, as the flag is raised, student trumpeters sound the call to the colors through the school's loudspeaker system...
STEVE'S AMERICA is one of iceboxes and small shacks, and Steve is a throwback to the days of direct producer-consumer relations. He is a craftsman; for Steve, clam digging is an art, clam selling is a living...