Word: clearcutting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Either the Communists could come to power and eventually burn themselves in the process, as has been the case of every government in Italy, or they would gain power and choose not to relinquish it when the time comes. Either way, they would provide a clearcut case of "democratic development" for all nations to see and to learn from...
...great capacity for understanding the movement of politics, and for tapping the current of public opinion. As House Majority Leader, he was indubitably a major force in organizing the House votes against Nixon. But any other Majority Leader would probably have been equally effective, and Breslin presents no clearcut evidence that O'Neill had anything more to do with Nixon's demise than other more publicized figures--Jaworski, or Sirica. O'Neill is really just an above average hack politician, risen to a position of power through a certain measure of talent, political knowhow, and luck. But because Breslin identifies...
...results of the voting hinge on several clearcut issues. Just scrutinizing the principal candidates for prime minister and their respective parties yields the outline of a few crucial points. Of the five major factions, the party headed by Constantine Caramanlis, whose politics lean to the right, seems almost certain to gain a majority...
...January, CHUL, on a narrow 12-10 vote, decided to abolish Radcliffe's one-to-one sex ratio and set a maximum 4.3-to-1 ratio at all houses. Dean Rosovsky expressed dismay at the "clearcut lines drawn at the meeting between the representatives from Radcliffe and the representatives from Harvard"--the Harvard representatives, desirous of more women at their Houses, ganged up to overcome the Radcliffe contingent...
After the Committee on Houses and Undergraduate Life voted narrowly last week to recommend the elimination of specific sex ratios for the Houses, Dean Rosovsky said he was disappointed at the "clearcut lines drawn" between Harvard and Radcliffe CHUL representatives...