Word: central
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When a film is as wrongheaded as this one, it is hard to know which flaws are the most damaging. Perhaps one begins with the lethargic Attenborough, who has managed to miscast the film's central role Hopkins cannot even begin to pass for the New York-bred, borscht-circuit entertainer Magic claims...
Even if the regulators were brought under strong central control, many would still require a much tighter hand on the purse strings. This could be achieved by requiring "economic impact statements," which would spell out the costs of new rules against the benefits. Alternatively, a new regulatory board could draw up for Congress an annual regulatory budget or calendar that would set out, in time for opposition to be heard, the costs and benefits as well as a timetable for new rules. Either idea would focus attention on the climbing cost of regulation and go a long way toward dampening...
...already on the scene, and central to the play, meet at the house of Geoffrey Carson (David Langton), a mine owner. Dick Wagner (John Thaw) is a gruff yet engaging Australian. He is soon scooped by Jacob Milne (Peter Machin), an idealistic cub reporter who has interviewed the inaccessible rebel leader...
Keenan said his professional and administrative staff agreed that Kraus would best serve GSAS in a "central position" because "he has been an administrator and McKinney's right-hand man for years...
Although all anarchist groups agree that individuals have the right to manage their own affairs without government interference, they diverge into a bewildering complex of subgroups from there. Libertarians, who want to see the power of the central government reduced but not necessarily eliminated, and anarchists often adhere to an unlikely mixture of liberal and conservative opinions. Some groups, like Black Rose, have a strong socialist bent, which organizations like the MLP and the Harvard Libertarian Association (HLA) do not share...