Word: disquieted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...businesslike. Alaska's Governor William Egan declared that responsibility for any harm done to the Aleutian Islands (which with Japan and California are situated on the Circum-Pacific Girdle of Fire) should be borne by the AEC and the President. The Canadian government expressed a "deep sense of disquiet" and, like Egan, held the Administration accountable for any aftereffects that might be caused by the explosion. Taking a more direct approach, a Canadian group chartered a minesweeper, Greenpeace, Too, and sailed from Vancouver for Amchitka, where they intended to anchor outside the three-mile limit in hopes of persuading...
...back away from the particular style of activism that characterized its years under Chief Justice Earl Warren. Even so, building on the changes in American society initiated by the Warren court, the court today could very well serve as a steadying voice of reason at a time of disquiet and national self-questioning...
...last week's editorials did not represent an abrupt change for The New Yorker, even Shawn concedes that their tone may have revealed "deeper disquiet." In Shawn's view, this was because the events warranted it. "It was," he said, "one of the grimmest weeks that the country has ever lived through." Then he smiled slightly. "Despite that, there's also a lot of fun in the issue." Dick Nixon may not think so, unless he is in the market for a Rolls...
...Organization declared that each year the Post Office "slips farther behind the rest of the economy in service, in efficiency and in meeting its responsibilities as an employer." The commission, headed by former A.T. & T. Chairman Frederick R. Kappel, cited among the Post Office's top problems "widespread disquiet among postal employees" because of "antiquated personnel practices, poor working conditions, limited career opportunities and training...