Word: branches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some thoughtful members of Congress take comfort in the unruliness of their branch. "The system was not meant to be any different," contends Massachusetts Democratic Senator Paul Tsongas. "It was meant to avoid hasty activity." At best, he argues, Congress can block and can force a President in a direction, "but positive leadership has to come from the President." Democratic Congressman Richard Gephardt of Missouri agrees that the shapers of the Constitution meant Congress to be a check on Executive excess. "It's the price you pay for diffusing power," he says...
Schell spent nearly five years putting himself through an intensive course of reading and interviews on various aspects of nuclear war. To summarize and synthesize what passes for expertise on the subject, he drew on a wide range of sources: theorists who specialize in this modern-day branch of eschatology, like the Hudson Institute's Herman Kahn (who wrote a book of his own 20 years ago, Thinking About the Unthinkable); physicists who explain how the bomb works; military men who explain how it might be used; and physicians and other scientists who speculate on what might happen when...
Robinson said the fraternities would initially concentrate on informal academic discussions at weekly meetings. Later, they might branch out to other activities such as occasional dinners for members, he added...
...three dissenters chided their brethren for showing too little deference to the Legislative Branch. "Congress is not an administrative agency that is required to state the grounds upon which it acts," wrote Judge George MacKinnon, himself a one-term Congressman. Moreover, he argued, veterans' groups are distinctive. Said MacKinnon: "War veterans have made unparalleled contributions to the creation and preservation of this nation...
...banks impose no fees on small savings accounts, and 75% offer free checking to senior citizens. Smaller banks are still looking for little ways to be generous. The Princeton Bank in New Jersey, for example, not only offers lollipops for children but also, at one drive-in branch, gives dog biscuits to their pets...