Word: adoption
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...strike the U.S. on its soft, golden underbelly. Giscard undertook the task with some pleasure: he was still smarting from his rebuff by U.S. and British moneymen at last fall's meeting of the International Monetary Fund in Tokyo, where he tried to get the IMF to adopt a new international currency based on gold that would favor the French. During last month's British money crisis he also got a genuine scare that both the pound and the dollar might be devalued, leaving France holding a billion-dollar bag of cheap currency...
...promise of that tomorrow that has aroused envy and fascination around the world. Now the pull of the American system is attracting even the Communist world, which in 1964 moved with considerable candor to adopt many of the aspects of U.S. consumer capitalism. Nobody expects the success of this economic order to work worldwide wonders overnight. But in 1965 a considerable number of people will be watching the average U.S. consumer-the Macy's customer-for clues that will not only reveal the future course of the U.S. economy but may also have significance for the course of world...
...these people have be come the pawns in an ideological struggle between the great powers. It is no wonder that, contrary to Buddhist teachings, violence erupted in this atmosphere of frustration and fear. We fail to see that Asiatics dislike our disregard for their ancient cultures. Expecting them to adopt our attitudes and political institutions can only lead to regression, which may violently alter the course of history...
...decision about what is broadly called 'foreign aid.' A good deal of trouble comes from the anthropomorphic urge to regard nations as individuals and apply to our own national conduct vague maxims for individual conduct-for instance, the Golden Rule-even though in practice individuals rarely adopt...
Missing Principles. When they finally came to the point of drafting a statement, the Governors decided not to demand Burch's resignation outright. Instead, they recommended that the G.O.P. "adopt leadership which clearly represents a broad view of Republicanism and practices a policy of inclusion rather than exclusion." They said the party should "vigorously oppose all forms of narrow political radicalism, whether right or left." Some Governors felt this skirted the dump-Burch issue. But three of the most influential men there-Pennsylvania's Scranton, New York's Rockefeller and Michigan's Romney-insisted that...