Word: accomplishing
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...pollution caused by automobile exhaust fumes. Though not one of the major air pollutants itself, lead befouls most present-day antipollution devices. President Nixon, in his message to Congress last week (see ENVIRONMENT), proposed strict new Government standards to eliminate virtually all auto-caused pollution by 1975. Detroit could accomplish this by replacing the internal-combustion engine with hybrid cars that combine a small gas engine and an electric motor, or engines that run entirely on electricity, steam or even natural gas. G.M. has an XP-883 test model that can use gasoline, electric or hybrid systems. While some...
...second Soviet premise, it has proved equally wrong. For a time, Nixon's determination to achieve even-handedness in his Middle East policy offered Moscow cause for optimism; the Russians assumed that Washington would accomplish this primarily by limiting Israeli arms. Now the U.S. is on the verge of providing more weapons to Israel, and just might give Premier Golda Meir all 24 Phantom jets and 80 Skyhawks that she requested during her U.S. visit last fall. The decision is being influenced only partly by Russian threats; another factor is the announcement by President Georges Pompidou that...
...final element to consider in the handling of the plot is time. The passage of time can cause events as well as follow from them; that is, if you announce a movement forward in time, you can also have the characters accomplish an action without necessitating lengthy explanations. In this manner Segal has Jenny and Oliver fall in love without dragging the reader through a lengthy exposition of their developing relationship. You, like Segal, must invite the reader to participate: let him imagine how it could be that the protagonists could fall in love, rather than knocking him over...
...center's more recent studies concerned a plan for abolishing the draft altogether in favor of an all-volunteer Army. Nixon hopes to accomplish this ultimately, and DiBona could be a knowledgeable advocate of the plan against the expected Congressional opposition...
...just as the blind follow the blind. Brown also won its first game in Ivy competition the following night in a seesaw contest against Dartmouth, a team which has beaten Harvard twice. The Indians shot a dismal 34 per cent from the floor to help the Bruins accomplish the upset...