Word: emphasisation
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The switch in plans was a particular disappointment to Brzezinski, who had masterminded the trip. But it came as something of a relief to many of Carter's aides, including Vance, who all along had questioned the wisdom of the expedition, even though Vance defended it in public. During...
But an even graver danger here has emerged than that of journalists simply confusing their duties when confronting intimidating speakers. Many journalists have begun to reassess their roles. This new role permits the deliberate cooperation of journalists with elites to suppress information which they believe is too controversial for the...
Instead of giving to people as Roosevelt did, Carter often must take away. Instead of building industrial capacity, Carter must frequently change its emphasis and clean up its mess. Instead of urging consumption, in some areas Carter must administer scarcity. These are negative chores.
While his Australopithecus cousins foraged or scavenged, Homo habilis began to make tools and to hunt. Both actions accelerated his evolution. Toolmaking, which required reasoning and more complex neurological hookups, gave a survival advantage to the creatures with the biggest brains. That led to an increase in brain size. Hunting...
One member of this fledgling "crop" believes that the young academics "do represent a movement, a change in emphasis. There's been a gradual evolution in the profession. There's an increased recognition that quantitative analytic tools and theory, statistics and economics are useful." Practitioners do not necessarily make the...