Word: equalizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...historical roots of the crisis are two-fold. First, in the post-WWH international atmosphere, best exemplified by the United Nations, the principle of national sovereignty was raised to new heights. The "equality" of nations was affirmed by equal voting in the General Assembly, and new respect was supposedly owed to then existing borders and to the legal status of each nation...
...here and that we actually have a good chance of beating them," McLaughlin says with such spunk that it's hard not to believe him. "Up until now, they'd come in here and know they were better. Now, they don't know that anymore. It's all about equal...
...into four parts; he devotes the first to "Time." In it, he shows the origins and importance of such commonplaces as the seven-day week and the 24-hour day. "There are few greater revolutions in human history," he writes, "than this movement from the seasonal...hour to the equal hour. Here was man's declaration of independence from the sun, new proof of his mastery over himself and his surroundings...
...Equal Representation...
Nine Harvard students have won the prestigious Rhodes Scholarships, the most for the University since an equal number were awarded...