Word: acted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cooling down the failed reactor at Three Mile Island, experts from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) had to assess somberly the risks of every feasible step, weigh them against the dangers of waiting too long, and act only after satisfying themselves that they had a reasonably clear idea of what to do. The same spirit ought to govern the public and its leaders in the intense debate about the future of nuclear power that is now beginning...
...matter how the subcommittee decided to act on the suggestions, one thing is certain: members of the Class of '83 will receive a detailed description of exactly how the lottery will...
Furthermore, the student members are not permitted to discuss any aspects of the proposed courses with fellow undergraduates. The committee members can therefore only hazard conjectures as to which possible Core offerings students might support; they are hard pressed to act as legitimate representatives...
...representatives. At Rosovsky's request, the Educational Resources Group (ERG) elected these students from its ranks. ERG members, in turn, are elected yearly in the Houses. Conveniently ignoring this selection process, Rosovsky insists that students on the Core Committees should just express their ideas and not try to act as spokesmen for the student body. If Rosovsky just wanted random ideas, he could have bypassed ERG and picked the members arbitrarily...
...negotiate a position both sides can live with." Through the Business Roundtable, the CEOs worked out the administration's current national health plan which makes the plan's implementation dependent on the progress of the economy. DeButts also mentions the consumer protection bill, and the labor law reform act as areas that the CEOs tried to modify. In both of the latter, however, their efforts at moderation failed, and the business community at large opposed the compromise legislation...