Word: adopted
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Many committees seem to duplicate previous efforts every time a new assembly is elected and a new committee chairman takes charge. The assembly owes most of its successes to individual rather than group initiatives. As a group, the assembly tends to adopt stock answers--such as general resolutions and "open forums"--that represent a dissipation of energy and abandonment of responsibility...
...reason he is convinced that sanctions are forever doomed to be ineffectual, and a violent, internal upheaval is the only way to bring about apartheid's fall. Although Lamb says a commitment to majority rule should be top American policy in Africa, "if Black Africa wants the West to adopt sanctions, it is going to have to set an example first. For Black Africa to be yelling at the West now is nonsensical...
...past, de Villiers adds, U.S. industry has "tended to adopt the color of local industry; it hasn't been very innovative." She suggests that instead of pulling out, U.S. multinationals might train Africans for skilled and managerial positions...
UNDER THE PRESENT ELECTION laws, we can't "force" candidates to debate. Candidates adopt various reasons for opting out. Some cite national security reasons, others discomfort with the agenda or timetable, and still others worry about who will be included. Most often, one candidate will have more to lose by debating than his opponents...
...responsibility to help get the poverty-ridden nations of the world out of the petroquagmire does not rest entirely with the industrial countries. Third World governments themselves must adopt policies designed to generate growth, exports and the increase of national wealth. Moreover, the OPEC countries, whose current account surpluses will soar to approximately $110 billion this year, in contrast with $5 billion in 1978, must provide more substantial assistance to the Third World...