Word: confirms
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...election has also been enriched by little ironies. Turner, having acquiesced under duress to confirm a flood tide of patronage appointments demanded by departing Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, has been handicapped since Day 1 of his campaign, with Mulroney jabbing away effectively on the issue. But speaking from the heart to his own potential constituents in Baie Comeau, Mulroney assured them that if he were elected, they would enjoy "priority treatment," which is to say wink, wink, they would be first into the trough...
...historic ticket; many in the Austin audience drifted away after Ferraro finished speaking, before Mondale was done. Mississippi House Speaker C.B. ("Buddie") Newman greeted his party's candidates in Jackson, but refused to say how he would vote in November. Yet last week's jaunt seemed to confirm that even in the South, Ferraro is likely to be a strong asset. Said Lloyd Doggett, who is the Democratic Senate candidate in Texas: "If she can win in Archie Bunker's district, she can win in Willie Nelson's." -By Janes Kelly. Reported by David Beckwith with...
...disillusionment and pessimism. That pop artists have turned their themes inward only mirrors the larger societal decision to turn their backs on problems, which only seem to get worse and grow in number. And, even as we turn inward, it is not to celebrate the individual, but to confirm the complementary social and personal alienation. Such pessimism is a natural reaction to a pretty gloomy future says Travers, pointing to the economic situation and nuclear arms race. Although no panacea exists, there are small changes to be won. For this folk singer, such a victory could be won in November...
Block, who was in Japan last week to promote U.S. farm exports, told TIME the loans were rollovers of borrowings first taken out before he became Secretary. Midwestern bankers and economists confirm that banks made many unsecured loans during the 1970s to farmers who, like Block and his partners, bought land that was rising in value, and the banks willingly renewed such loans in the early 1980s. Says Richard Kohls, professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University: " The banks treated Block just like they did other farmers...
Point by point, the authors of Not in Our Genes shoot down the traditional studies which confirm existing social conditions. Cyril Burt's often-quoted identical twin studies, conducted in the 1950s, supposedly proved the inhabitability of IQ. Those who would later argue for a meritocracy based on IQ--such as Arthur Jensen, in his famous and influential article on the subject in the Harvard Educational Review published in 1969--drew upon Burt's data. But Lewontin and his cohorts point out the fraudulence of Burt's evidence. Not only are there serious problems with the validity of these separated...