Word: fatalism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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HANDGUNS HAVE hardly proven so dangerous in their current uses that they should be outlawed. In 1973, less than .00005 of all handguns were involved in fatal accidents and less than .0003 were used in murders. Much less than 1 per cent were used in any crime. It is not the handguns bought for self-defense and other legitimate purposes that are a menace to society, it is the few people who misuse them...
...frailty of el Caudillo, who has looked all of his 82 years since he suffered a near-fatal illness in mid-1974, was a dramatic reminder of how much more the regime needs to do to relax its often harsh rule and prepare Spain for a smooth transition into a post-Franco era once the Generalissimo dies or, less likely, steps down. At a time when Spain badly needs closer ties with Western Europe to help sustain its rise to prosperity and ease the coming transition, an all but irrational outburst of anti-Spanish emotions in European capitals has left...
...that starts this week on 200 PBS stations, should be a romp. Alas, this English production has been authorized by the family. Raciness is sacrificed to discretion. Lee Remick reduces Jennie to a bright, transparent coquette. There is no hint of Lady Randolph's unpredictable passions or the fatal allure that caused eminent Edwardians to lose their heads. The liveliest scenes are domestic...
...form of degenerative nerve disease. He died of it in his 40s, but before he died he fathered six children. His legacy to them has proved lethal. In the 130 years since Joseph entered the U.S., at least 48 of his 300 or so descendants have died of this fatal family malady...
...known that editors and reporters were suppressing or playing down stories for whatever reasons, suspicion would be rampant. Says Norman E. Isaacs, publisher of the Wilmington, Del., News and Journal and editor-in-residence at the Columbia University School of Journalism: "The amount of rumor would be damn near fatal to the national fabric...