Word: extent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...muddiest expanses in the ill-charted sea of international law is the question of territorial waters-the extent to which a coastal nation controls the sea around it. Some nations, e.g., Spain, Italy, Iran, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Brazil, claim a six-mile limit; others, e.g., the Scandinavians, claim four. Most countries accept the limit of three marine miles, a tradition that goes back to the 18th Century, when a good cannon on the shore could heave a ball three miles to sea.* But many governments have added qualifications which extend their claims beyond three miles, and they never have been able...
...Ingalls emphasized that the stage of pregnancy and the lack of oxygen were not the only factors in determining the nature and extent of the defect...
...business, but if Europe wants to step up its output, perhaps it "should abandon the highly civilized competition that prevails in most of your countries in favor of the very uncomfortable form of competition that we have . . . The degree of your shift will determine the extent of your improvement...
...bargain collectively, and has no union contracts. He has licked the C.I.O. steel workers in strikes, or has headed off organizers by wage boosts, pensions, vacations and pay scales at the industry level. Says Grede: "Any group which destroys individual judgment makes for a static economy. To the extent unions do this, they...
Probably the hardest field to enter now is writing, which has been filled for several years. This field includes journalism, radio and movie script writing, and to a lesser extent, advertising...