Word: creationism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...units, was among the worst managed. "It is almost as if the CHA exists for a purpose other than the management and maintenance of good quality public housing," the report charged. Its true purpose? "The acquisition of as many Federal Government dollars as possible for the creation of patronage jobs and financial opportunities...
Botha's ruling party is considering the creation of three separate-but not equal-parliaments for whites, coloreds and Asians. A council of Cabinets, with a white majority, would coordinate government policy under the direction of an executive President, who would be chosen by a white-dominated electoral college. In effect, whites would remain in charge, but coloreds and Asians would be represented to some extent...
...article is oblivious to the hostility Israel has faced from the Arab countries since her creation, even at times when the West Bank was not under her control. This suggests that the key to peace is not further Israeli concessions but the Arabs' coming to terms with Israel's existence...
...most productive agricultural system in the world. But a government action--or failure to act--which allows or tacitly encourages imprudent behaviour is reprehensible. The refusal of Congress to expel convicted embezzler Rep. Charles Diggs; the legitimization of gambling and state lotteries; the refusal to counter pornography and the creation of sex education curricula--all these steps can only promote suspect values, he argues...
...consume much of Chinabound, shedding light on the personalities and politics of those who communicated what they saw or thought they saw. He chronicles the Harvard Faculty and History department with equal enthusiasm. While he fails to mention the awe his colleagues surely felt toward him and his Herculean creation of East Asian history courses which would eventually multiply and spread. Fairbank exudes an almost boyish excitement when depicting the Harvard Faculty. The descriptions are intentionally amusing it indulgent...