Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...conflict between two worlds-one rich, one poor-is developing, and the battlefield is the globe itself. On one side are two dozen or so industrialized, non-Communist states whose 750 million citizens consume most of the world's resources, produce most of its manufactured goods and enjoy history's highest standard of living. Demanding an ever larger share of that wealth are about 100 underdeveloped poor states with 2 billion people-millions of whom exist in the shadow of death by starvation or disease. So far, the conflict has been limited to economic pressures and proposals...
...decision by the ministers of OPEC to quadruple the price of oil, which had been $2 per bbl., and the Arab nations' imposition of an oil embargo at the time of the October War. The LDCs-even those not directly involved in oil exports or the Middle East conflict-were exhilarated. They saw both actions as proof that the industrialized West was vulnerable to collective pressures from the poor nations. "For the first time since the rise of Western capitalism, a decision affecting the world economy was taken outside the West," says Ismail Sabry Abdullah, director of Egypt...
...radar screen right next to each blip a printed data block containing the aircraft's identification, flight number, altitude and speed. With that information a controller can determine when one plane is getting too close to another. Control is now being further improved by a new system called conflict alert...
...Lyndon, appears and Barry's suit for her hand succeeds, the film, without seeming to change its style or gently enfolding pace, gathers tremendous dramatic force of a quite conventional sort. Barry's loveless use of her to further his ambitions has a raw, shocking edge. His conflict with her son by her first marriage, culminating in what is surely the most gripping duel ever filmed, is full of angry uncontrolled passion. Barry's innocent infatuation with his own child, "the hope of his family, the pride of his manhood," has a touching, redeeming warmth...
...Committee has avoided sweeping regulation. On the issue of deceit, for example, it has formulated no general policy. No consensus exists within the Psychology and Social Relations Department on the morality of deception. Kelman believes, for example, that deception "may create self-doubts, lower self-esteem, or create temporary conflict, frustration or anxiety." Even when it may seem benign, Kelman writes, deception "violates the respect to which all fellow humans are entitled...