Word: dependance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Just when the Senate trial may begin would depend on how much time Senate leaders wish to accord the President and his lawyers to prepare their defense case. Two or three
...trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests . . . A nation once primarily rural in character becomes predominantly urban. But the basic principle of representative government remains, and must remain, unchanged-the weight of a citizen's vote cannot be made to depend on where he lives...
...validity of such visions and the nature of leadership itself depend very much on time and place, the deepest patterns of a society. Arnold Toynbee and Oswald Spengler constructed cyclical, organic theories of history. All civilizations, they said, passed through similar stages of growth and decay and eventually perished, whether from internal or external wounds. The 14th century Berber historian Ibn-Khaldun prefigured the idea by concluding that history repeatedly moves through the same cycles. According to Ibn-Khaldun's theory, a youthful, growing society is animated by asabiyya, the spirit of social solidarity found in what he called...
...society in which all positions of influence and power are filled through the political process alone.* A diverse society needs all kinds of people-businessmen, professionals, artists-who are not chosen by the ballot. But while not formally elected, they all have their constituencies upon whose approval they ultimately depend. If the approval is withheld, they can hardly continue to function-and this is true of the press...
...Watergate coverage, such judgments must be made repeatedly in connection with leaks. As the accompanying cover story points out (see pages 68-73), the reporter's and editor's decisions must depend on many factors-the nature of the leak, its apparent accuracy, on whether it comes from a judicial body or otherwise. He must weigh the possible damage to individual reputations against the public interest. The journalist cannot assert the right to print everything and anything; he must decide each case on its merits, while remaining accountable to his editor and, ultimately, to his audience. The decision...