Word: aftermath
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...began a series of trials that federal officials hope will strike the fear of Uncle Sam into young men who have failed to register. The drama in Roanoke can be traced to the aftermath of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, when President Jimmy Carter persuaded Congress to fund a registration system so that any subsequent draft could produce an army quickly. Candidate Ronald Reagan said he opposed the system, but once in office retained it on the grounds of "national safety." Under the law, males must report to a post office within 30 days before or after their 18th birthday...
...those who did not attend was the outgoing O.A.U. chairman, Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi, who was preoccupied at home with the aftermath of a failed coup attempt. Many others stayed away because they could not abide the thought that Gaddafi, who has meddled in the affairs of at least 22 of his neighbors, would take over the direction of their organization...
...whether this constitutional amendment would accomplish that purpose. The amendment is like proposing to stop an orgy by rolling a grenade under the door: frag the bureaucratic waterbed. It is an extreme solution, feckless and fanatic. It may be satisfying at the moment, but it involves a messy aftermath...
Figures released by the FDIC last week give grounds for worry. Since January the agency's problem list of state and national banks with significant financial difficulties has increased from 223 to 268, the largest number since the aftermath of the 1973-75 recession...
...identity, integrity and confidence." Two years later, in its cover story on the National Women's Conference in Houston, TIME detected "a new-found confidence ... The women knew that their political skills were on trial, and they passed the test with flying colors." This week, in the aftermath of the defeat of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment, TIME once again gives cover treatment to what may be the most meaningful of all social changes in modern America, the new attitudes, responsibilities and goals of women. Says Senior Editor Martha Duffy, who supervised the story: "This amounts to a status...