Word: commonical
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...inseparable from the President. Kissinger has long been disturbed by U.S. inattention to Europe, and he was Nixon's key consultant throughout the tour. To the 15 ambassadors from NATO's member nations, Nixon proposed that after 20 years the alliance "must replace the unity of a common fear with the community of a shared purpose." He noted that the U.S. has already begun preliminary planning for a Soviet Summit. "In due course and with proper preparation," he said, "the U.S. shall enter into negotiations with the Soviet Union on a wide range of issues...
Condition Serious. To their dismay, the doctors soon discovered that Eisenhower had developed pneumonia in his right lung during his convalescence, a common postoperative occurrence among the elderly. While the pneumonia was being "treated vigorously" with antibiotics, the respiratory complication made it hard for Eisenhower to breathe...
Part of a publicity campaign by the city's Legal Aid Society, the slogans warn the poor-most of them uneducated Negroes-against some common forms of exploitation. They also serve as a warning to the exploiters. Under a Legal Aid Society program, some of the smartest young lawyers in Atlanta's top firms are taking their Saturdays and other days off to defend the poor...
Great Britain's historical opposition to abortion comes from both common and canon law. In 1803 Lord Ellenborough pushed through a bill to make abortion a crime punishable by death if performed after the fetus had "quickened." In 1837 Parliament revised the law, eliminating the death penalty, but in the process lost the distinction between abortion before and after quickening and consequently outlawed all abortion. A 1929 change made abortion illegal except to save the life of the pregnant woman...
...tradition of artistic elegance passed on to succeeding generations of silversmiths, and continued even after the discovery of Peru's rich silver mines in 1533 made the metal available to Europe's relatively common people. A selective congeries of master craftsmen began to turn out standard household items: porringers, tankards, sherry beakers, stirrup cups, and such utilitarian items as knives and spoons. Their art was so prolific, in fact, that for years nobody paid much attention to the artistic quality of their products...