Word: attaining
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...into its constitution the need for state planning and production. It is this that bothers companies such as Gulf Oil; it is this that Kissinger et. al. label "communist." But all that MPLA wants is for the Angolan people to take control of their own country and economy, to attain higher living standards and levels of employment, and to avoid the results of state capitalist development in South Africa and other African countries...
...spots at the NCAA tournament in March also appeal to Bennett and if he can attain these two goals, "I'll probably train more seriously and try out for the Olympic trials" to be held in June. The Martini-Rossi international tourney in April will also be a major test for Bennett...
BOBSLED Competition for two-and four-man sleds. Countries can enter two sleds in each event. Course is 1,220 meters long, has 14 curves and a vertical drop of 97 meters. Sleds are steel and aluminum with lead weights permitted to attain maximum allowable weight. Best combined time for four runs wins...
Nonetheless, that same editorial advocated very un-Cultural Revolutionary means to attain China's goals; it banned the forming of "fighting groups" and declared that major issues of right and wrong "should be settled through debate." Most China watchers feel that the delicate balance struck by Chou between pragmatism and ideology?or between expertise and Redness?will endure...
...with forced marriage and polygamy. A marriage law passed in October makes it harder for a man to take a second wife or to dismiss a spouse with the curt command: "I divorce you." In 1975 Thai women won the right to run for election as village chief or attain the rank of general in the army. But they still cannot sign a contract or apply for a passport without their husband's permission...