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Word: dependently (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nation may well be poised on a fateful fulcrum that will either tip predominant sentiment toward a new faith in its fundamental institutions?including Congress, the Constitution and the courts?or send it into a trough of public despair and anomie. The direction will depend to a large degree upon how many members of Congress, Government

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MAN OF THE YEAR: Judge John J. Sirica: Standing Firm for the Primacy of Law | 1/7/1974 | See Source »

Following judicial routine, Sirica ordered presentencing investigations for all seven defendants. But going beyond normal procedure, he let the convicted men know that the severity of sentences would depend heavily on the degree to which they cooperated with probation officers and investigators still probing the Watergate crimes. One potential truth-baring forum looming ahead at the time was that of Sam Ervin's Senate Select Committee. Sirica welcomed the hearings despite the fact that they could complicate some criminal prosecutions. "Not only as a judge but as one of millions of Americans who are looking for certain answers," Sirica said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MAN OF THE YEAR: Judge John J. Sirica: Standing Firm for the Primacy of Law | 1/7/1974 | See Source »

...Watergate affair, he also kept the pressure on the other convicted conspirators to talk too by giving them harsh provisional sentences ranging up to 40 years. He called their crimes "sordid, despicable and thoroughly reprehensible." He promised to review the sentences later and said that the final sentencing "would depend on your full cooperation with the grand jury and the Senate Select Committee. " Sirica's expressed purpose: "Some good can and should come from a revelation of sinister conduct whenever and wherever such conduct exists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MAN OF THE YEAR: Judge John J. Sirica: Standing Firm for the Primacy of Law | 1/7/1974 | See Source »

...turned out to be anything but a smooth ride. Though no wrongdoing has yet been proved, Hughes' bookkeepers declared Air West a "non-going utility," meaning that the carrier had a negative net worth. Since Hughes' offer stipulated that his final purchase price for the stock would depend on the company's net worth, he claimed that the price should be far less than he earlier had trumpeted. Instead of collecting the $22 per share that they had expected, Air West stockholders-some of whom have filed suit against Hughes-wound up selling their shares for about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Indicting Hughes | 1/7/1974 | See Source »

Tedious Regimen. Much of the success of the new system will at first depend on King Bhumibol, 46, who avoided politics until recently. He used to spend his days touring his kingdom, opening hospitals, awarding diplomas and visiting villages. Reports TIME Correspondent Barry Hillenbrand: "It is precisely this tiring, often tedious regimen that has made Bhumibol so unreservedly loved throughout the country. His travels also made him aware of the disfavor felt toward the military regime and the need to bring farmers and laborers into the National Assembly. Since last October's student revolt, the King has distinguished himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THAILAND: The First Steps to Reform | 1/7/1974 | See Source »

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