Word: dependance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...same time, the consciousness of the individual political scientist becomes a less important criterion of his usefulness. Huntington's paper is a "how to" paper; it is of immediate value, but insufficient for dealing with broad and enduring problems of political and social control. Huntington's efforts depend on research done by scholars who may in many respects oppose Huntington: nevertheless, he and his friends can employ that research to their own ends...
...majorities in South Africa, Rhodesia and Portugal's African colonies. It was symptomatic of the essential nonalignment of the nonaligned these days, however, that Kaunda's proposal of formal censure of white minority rule in those states was hotly opposed by Swaziland, Lesotho and other countries that depend heavily on trade with South Africa...
...Andreas that are moving freely. They are measuring the minute warping of rock along "locked" areas, changes that reflect the gigantic, subterranean forces urging that part of California west of the fault to move toward Alaska. In addition, the electrical and magnetic properties of rocks have been found to depend upon the amount of strain the rocks are undergoing. Predicts Jerry Eaton, Menlo Park's chief scientist: "We will be able to put all our clues together pretty soon and make short-term predictions on the order of days or hours...
...insecurity, there are few businesses like the advertising business. Even in the best of times, agencies' fortunes depend on their ability to retain fickle clients, who often switch accounts at the slightest whim. Some of the nation's largest agencies have become publicly owned corporations in recent years, and they feel a need to impress both stockholders and watchful clients with steadily rising profits. To do so, more than a dozen firms have ventured into enterprises well beyond the frontiers of advertising...
After the cable car and the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco takes a particular civic pride in its unique sourdough bread. Its special qualities depend on a yeastlike "starter" used in the baking, and locals are fond of arguing that the city's cool, foggy climate gives it qualities that cannot be duplicated...