Word: dependance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would Remember the Ladies. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention are not paid to the Ladies, we are determined to foment a Rebellion." "Depend upon it," John Adams replied with kindly condescension, "We know better than to repeal our Masculine systems...
...army's rise to power is largely a result of the keen ambition of Lin Piao. The longtime defense chief knows full well that his chances of succeeding Mao some day depend on close ties with the army commanders in the provinces. It became Huang's task, when Lin promoted him to Chief of Staff 15 months ago, to strengthen those ties. Along the way, Huang has been making some ties of his own. To sidestep the aging marshals in the Peking Pentagon known as the Military Affairs Commission, Huang set up a small administrative office, from which...
...danced exuberantly with bemused Russian girls. Certainly he represents a new school of diplomacy, whose members believe in direct and candid contact. To traditionalists he may appear frivolous, if not downright reckless. By classic standards, Scheel would certainly seem too imprecise and incautious to negotiate treaties on which depend the fate of nations. The London Financial Times summarily dismissed him last fall as "an attractive and amusing man who cannot help looking lightweight...
Today, infra-red detectors are providing stunning images that were once totally invisible to the naked eye (see color pages). The new medium is called color thermography-the technique of translating heat rays into color. Unlike ordinary color photographs, which depend on reflected visible light, thermograms, or heat pictures, respond only to the temperature of the subject. Thus the thermographic camera can work with equal facility in the dark or light...
...creative or unconventional men needed to leaven the high court. Walsh acknowledged that the screening process will almost surely produce leaks, thus exposing seriously considered names to public scrutiny-and enabling Presidents to drop unpopular men without loss of face. The quality of the committee's review will depend on the rigor of its investigation. Ultimately, a committee can only discourage the worst candidates. It is up to the President to insist on the best...