Word: discussion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seems rather pointless and maybe just a little silly to discuss cities in space when New York is in such a predicament, and to Brand's credit, he publishes viewpoints radically dissimilar from his own, which is that these cities can't come soon enough. Mumford states that, "I regard space colonies as another pathological manifestation of the culture that has spent all its resources expanding the nuclear means of exterminating the human race. Such proposals are only technological disguises for infantile fantasies...
Tuning into Italian television's Channel 1 one night last week, viewers throughout Italy were treated to a bizarre sight. The time was 9 p.m., Europe's favorite TV hour; on the channel Economist Siro Lombardini was just settling down to discuss the nation's troubled economy. Suddenly chairs, set and people began to tremble. "// terremoto! II terremoto! [Earthquake! Earthquake!]" shouted a frightened cameraman. While thousands looked on in amazement, economist and TV crew made a live, unceremonious departure...
...from Marxist conspirators, has begun to slow down the pace of arrests; they have declined from 100 to 150 a month last year to about 50 a month recently. More than half of those arrested in the past several months have been released. The government has also promised to discuss civil liberties soon with a working group from the Human Rights Commission, whose report cited Chile's secret police for "inhuman, cruel and degrading treatment" of political dissidents...
...policy committee also does not discuss the first panel's sharp criticism of Kilbridge's review and eventual acceptance in 1969 of the departmental recommendation against rehiring...
...Hill said yesterday he plans to meet with McMahon this week to discuss "whether it would be appropriate for a student group or a private management company to submit a proposal to the University...