Word: documenting
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Ominous Omissions. Drawn up under the personal supervision of Ulbricht, the new document is a monument to his tough brand of Communism. It empowers the Council of State, of which Ulbricht is the chief, to veto any decisions by other government branches, including those of the courts. Slavishly socialist, it pledges eternal devotion to the Soviet Union and declares that East Germany has the responsibility to lead the rest of Germany "into a future of peace and Socialism." Formally establishing the old Marxist goal of the dictatorship of the proletariat, it states that "all political power is exercised...
Sporadic cries of "Lo, the poor Indian!" have been raised ever since the red man lost his wars against the U.S. cavalry. Johnson's document, however, was the first presidential message ever to deal specifically with the subject. The President requested $500 million in federal programs, a boost of 10% over present outlays, to help "provide a standard of living for Indians equal to that of the country as a whole." Items would cover 10,000 Indian children under Head Start, set up a "model community school system," pay for 2,500 new houses a year, allocate $112 million...
...authors then document the North's aid to and control of the Viet Cong and conclude that it is a war of aggression to which the U.S. may respond. But even if it were only an internal conflict within South Viet Nam, Hull and Novogrod report that accepted international law says that any country, if asked, may aid the existing government; no country may aid the insurgent. "Admittedly," say the authors, "existing law favors the established government. Admittedly too, at a time when many areas of the world are attempting to break the shackles of colonialism, this result...
...President was occasionally hissed or laughed at by the overflow crowd--especially when he attempted to justify the University's investment policies--but the questioners repeatedly failed to follow up these delicate questions with documentation. The only document ever cited was Pusey's report...
...results would be more devastating. Quoting from an AEC publication, Lapp reported that in a test of a megaton-range weapon exploded 50 miles over the Pacific in 1958, exposed rabbits had suffered retinal burns at slant distances up to 345 miles from the blast. Furthermore, the AEC document read, "it is felt that there would be some danger to human beings at distances greater than 200 miles under similar circumstances...