Word: chasms
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...rendezvous will continue an initiative launched in March, when the two heads of government met for the first time, in Montreux, Switzerland. A meeting that had been scheduled for April fell apart when the Carter Administration declared its support for lifting the arms embargo against Turkey. While the chasm between Ecevit and Caramanlis remains wide, it is heartening that they are once again willing to speak across...
...interaction between the "solar wind" and the atmosphere, Pioneer 1 will use radar to penetrate the clouds and produce a rough topographic map of much of the Venusian surface. Previous radar scans, made by the giant radio telescope in Arecibo, P.R., have already detected some craters, a large chasm, possible volcanoes, mountainous areas, and what seems to be a giant lava flow...
...inherent determinism, but its assertion that this determinism is genetic rather than cultural. Devore fails to understand that human beings are qualitatively unique organisms. Without being spiritualistic, psychology and sociology show that the amazing capacity of the human brain and the development of a consciousness have created an enormous chasm between humans and other species--a chasm Devore naively claims "has almost disappeared and is now a narrow cleft." One wonders how Devore can make such a statement when the human evidence for his theories is simply nonexistent. The sociobiologists offer no evidence meeting the most basic requirements...
...latest research has "narrowed the chasm separating humans from their evolutionary predecessors," Devore said, "Chimps, for example, exhibit behavior which is uncannily human. They practice learned cultural traditions, and show the beginnings of sharing and division of labor...
...could well be that the existing French government is underestimating the depth of the chasm splitting those who labor and those who reap the benefits of the laborers' efforts. If those in power wish to avert another revolution at some point in the future, they must acknowledge the fact that economic forces in France are not yet static and that the old justifications for capitalism are losing their applicability. As the ineluctable economic law of increasing returns to scale mandates larger corporations and more monopolies in the name of efficiency, it seems increasingly unreasonable to allow so much power...