Word: commoners
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...poured into the streets in a flashback to the strife-torn 1960s; a new cause had galvanized supporters. Proponents of nuclear energy were on the defensive, and the critics exulted in a chorus of I-told-you-so's. Addressing a crowd of 3,000 on the Boston Common, Massachusetts State Representative Richard Roche shouted, "We're in the mainstream now!" Said Brett Bursey, a leader of the antinuclear Palmetto Alliance in South Carolina, where there are four nuclear plants in operation and six under construction: "In the last few days, people have learned more about nuclear power...
...U.C.S. also claims that top staff members of the NRC are too cozy with the industry they are regulating. A 1975 study done by Common Cause found that 65% of NRC staffers had been employed by companies that held licenses, permits or contracts with the commission. In particular, the U.C.S. is critical of NRC Chairman Joseph M. Hendrie for not keeping at arm's length the industry he regulates. Retorts Hendrie: "I don't think my critics know my mindset. They have a po litical goal, which is to capture the NRC with antinuclear forces." And Hendrie insists...
...strategic matters also, U.S. analysts believe that Islam and the West have compatible goals. Basically, Islamic states are antiCommunist. Says a senior State Department official: "I think we share a common concern and can work together to develop a set of friendly relationships, which can lead to ultimate stability in the region." Whether or not that proves to be the case, the West can no longer afford to ignore or dismiss the living power of the Prophet's message...
...Koran condemns usury, but interest is allowed if the money is to be used for the common good. In Saudi Arabia, Islamic banks have emerged side by side with Western banks. They do not charge interest but instead take equity in projects they finance, thus sharing in losses as well as profits...
...reaction is one of great gratification and pleasure," Frazier, a member of the Currier House Senior Common Room for the past three years, said yesterday. "My wife and I enjoy young people very much; that part of our interest; in the job is purely selfish," he said...