Word: unlessness
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...varied trends into patterns worldwide so that the U.S. can have definite priorities and be able to define its objectives clearly." Other experts like Hoffmann feel that the Secretary must not become prisoner of a rigid view to which he tries to make every world event conform. But unless the foreign policy chief can relate events in one part of the world to those in another, and shape a strategy that pursues the same goals in all, he is likely to be trapped in a series of ad hoc, inconsistent responses to breaking crises...
...economic success of the Reagan Administration will depend on the continued support of the American public for an austerity program. Lester C. Thurow questioned whether voters would stick with such policies unless they quickly saw tangible results in the form of rising standards of living. He believes that the U.S.'s recent shift to economic conservatism may quickly evaporate. Said he: "The question is how long will the conservative era have to prove itself before the public kicks it out and tries something else. If the conservative policies cannot work relatively quickly, people will cease being conservatives...
...smell of perfume when they are scratched, or assume the shapes of trains, or pop up with paper cutouts, can take the place of stories that children need to frame their perceptions of life. "It is vir tually impossible to earn a living at writ ing for children unless you're well estab lished," says Arnold Lobel, 47. "The only people who can still do it are us old guys...
Atlanta's new tower has become a laboratory for energy-saving devices. A computer automatically shuts off all lights at 6 p.m. unless instructed to leave some on. Advanced sodium-vapor light fixtures focus illumination on desks instead of dispersing the glow throughout the room. This alone should cut electricity use for lighting by half. A 300,000-gal. underground tank stores water that is chilled overnight when power costs are lower; the water is then used in the air-conditioning system during the daytime. Jobs that require work at unusual hours will be concentrated in an adjoining three...
...Reagan's Secretary of the Treasury. Then, after being subjected to what he calls "an overt hatchet job," including leaks about his unpopularity with some Senate Republicans, Simon withdrew, pleading personal reasons. But he is bitter, and includes "the nosiness and bias" of the press in his criticism. Unless this "savaging of public officials" abates, Simon says, businessmen will not go into Government, leaving the field "to academics and neuters." Simon is a contentious fellow, and many of his difficulties are of his own making. But he is right about the atmosphere created by leaks...