Word: extends
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President Nixon and his spokesmen, by proclaiming a new era of peace, appear to make ludicrous claims for the present. But we should extend them the courtesy of acknowledging how reasonable these claims seem when compared to their nonsensical view of the past. If it appears, as Nixon had the gall to assert in January, that our involvement in the war was "one of the most selfless enterprises in the history of nations," it is because Hanoi and the PRG have kept the U.S. from stablizing an illegitimate rightist regime in the South. America has gained nothing, while...
...fairness, not form. Thus it is not inconceivable that some day the concept could be used against hearings, on the ground that they have become an unconstitutional impediment to fairness. For the moment, though, the courts see hearings as a new and crucial element in the effort to extend justice into ever more areas of U.S. life. Americans can hardly quarrel with that perception...
...Winwood seems to extend his band in several different directions. He added Rebop Kwaku Baah to strengthen his percussion, along with new tambourine specialist Jim Capaldi and, just recently, added Muscle Shoals keyboard man Barry Beckett, freeing himself to concentrate on piano and guitar. He achieved his ultimate aims: expression and fuller exploration, longer pieces, more improvisation; more work of the caliber of Low Spark...
...what of the future of the disciplinary process? Some would now argue that because the Faculty has proven itself temporarily intractable, students should extend the olive branch. If the Faculty will not accept reforms, so the argument runs, let us at least settle for what we can get--limited student participation on the CRR, for example. Although perhaps well-intended, this view is hopelessly cautious: it asks accession to an unjust situation merely because the CRR seems to have staying power...
...network of controls to keep out unwanted dollars. Germany has announced an especially tough set of rules sharply restricting the ability of Germans to borrow money abroad and of foreign countries to invest in Germany. Though such controls are supposed to be temporary, there is a natural tendency to extend and tighten them with each monetary crisis. Former German Economics and Finance...