Word: firmness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...would say decontrol should be accompanied by this 'plowback' provision which compels money to go into the ground to increase supplies or increase research and development," the co-founder of a Texas-based oil firm said...
...that they support us on the same basis that they are supporting ZAPU [which gets arms from the Soviet Union]. There have been positive replies, but we have not received any material aid yet. Missiles and other sophisticated weaponry would be a good answer to the present firm dominance which the enemy enjoys, but we don't have any missiles just...
Boxing had always seemed more enticing to him than a career in law. He skipped college and twice dropped out of law school. Even after passing the bar, he offered so little promise that for a year no law firm would hire him. After an undistinguished career, he became a federal judge because of his capacities as a political fund raiser. Such are hardly the credentials for stature. But when the nation faced its gravest constitutional crisis since the Civil War, he provided a fresh instance of the American dictum: In times of extremity, men grow into their roles...
...approach spiritual perfection is to associate as much as possible with people who have more spiritual awareness and to avoid "weak people," whom Chitrabhanu defines as those with addictions, such as smoking, drinking, cursing or promiscuity. He compares people beginning the search for spiritual awareness to seedlings, which require firm support until they in turn are big enough to act as supports themselves...
Chemych met with Moroz, a leading Ukrainian nationalist and historian, on Saturday. The 43-year-old author and teacher has requested a full medical examination, denied to him while imprisoned by Soviet authorities, before making any firm decision on the offer, Chemych added...