Word: flows
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...early 70s, underdeveloped nations began to criticize the ideology of "free flow" of information that has flourished since WWN. Instead of "free flow," they complained of a one-way flow from the center countries to the underdeveloped nations, and urged to "free and balanced flow"--a slight modification only...
Such criticisms sound awfully familar and the licensing controversy could serve as a blueprint for many others. "Free flow" is the classic liberal ideology, the legitimizer of social theory, democratic constitutions, and neoclassical economics. The most striking intellectual break with this ideology was Marx, who saw a one-way flow of surplus labor from laborers to capitalists. The old liberal ideology has faced severe strains over recent decades in America, becoming the target for dissatisfied Blacks, women, gays, radicals, and others. All of them said basically that the flow is one-way. The lines of money, education, social goods have...
...pipeline were January 1984 for the first small shipments of gas and June 1984 for completion of the compressor stations that would bring the line to full operating capacity. With an air of satisfaction and triumph, Moscow announced two weeks ago that Siberian gas had started to flow into France on Jan. 1. Reported the Soviet news agency Novosti: "Whether Washington likes it or not, the pipeline is operating...
Angola has been spending at least 40% of its foreign-currency earnings on military equipment and watching its foreign debt soar to more than $2.5 billion. Prices go up and stores close down. The Cuban presence has not only drained money but also discouraged the flow of aid from the West. Yet the government knows that in the Cubans' absence, it would become difficult indeed to resist enemy raids and replace South African rule in Namibia. In the meantime, more and more Angolans have taken to dodging the draft. Throughout southern Angola, buildings, railways and dams are in ruins...
...lower the incidence of both fatal and nonfatal heart attacks. When the cholesterol level was reduced by 25%, the risk of heart disease was cut by 50%. The group on medication also had 20% fewer episodes of angina and 21% fewer coronary-bypass operations to restore the free flow of blood to the heart...