Word: conceptive
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ethical rather than a religious doctrine. The cultivation of virtue was the key to political tranquillity. Confucius rejected the concept of life after death as a spiritual reward and felt that the desire for wealth was found only in the "small man." Although theoretically anyone could become a cultured man, Confucius stressed a hierarchical ordering of society in which each accepted his position. Personal satisfaction lay in cultivating the virtues of obedience, filial piety and benevolence toward others: summed up as "the Way." "Having heard the Way in the morning," Confucius taught, "one may die content in the evening...
...that offer the services of a specific group of lawyers in return for regular prepaid fees. Instead, the A.B.A. favors a Blue Shield-type approach that would allow members to choose any lawyer they desired. Smith preferred to endorse both kinds of plans as a way of promoting the concept of prepaid services...
...moderate their position at SALT II, Schlesinger recently disclosed that U.S. nuclear doctrine has been undergoing "major change" since last spring. For 20 years American and Soviet strategy has been based on a concept of deterrence that came to be known as mutual assured destruction. Called MAD, an acronym coined by the Hudson Institute's Brennan, the doctrine holds that peace is best maintained by threatening to obliterate an entire enemy society in retaliation for a nuclear attack. Thus, the policymakers argue, nuclear war becomes unthinkable...
...ground, the balance of forces can be seen most graphically in Europe, which Pentagon planners still regard as the most likely place for a conventional war between the U.S. and Russia. When Nixon took office in 1969, U.S. forces were geared to what defense planners termed the "2½-war concept." It meant that in theory the U.S. was prepared to fight three wars at the same time ? one in Europe, another in Asia and a "brush-fire" war somewhere else. Since the U.S. withdrew its forces from Viet Nam, how ever, the strategic premise has been changed...
Cheatham said in an interview at the meeting that he hoped the mini-school concept would "put pressure on higher institutions" to change the criteria by which they evaluate students...