Word: freer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Members of Nixon's China team privately concede that the results of the contact "so far have been a one-way street"-Peking's. U.S. diplomats hope that Watson can press for several still unfulfilled U.S. goals, including freer access to China for U.S. journalists, businessmen and cultural groups. Peking, however, has insisted that it is interested only in "people-to-people" contacts, which means that the Chinese hope to bypass the U.S. Government altogether and deal directly with private U.S. citizens and companies...
...hearth, these feminists declare, is obsolete and destructive for both sexes. It is not enough simply to share these roles without removing the pressures and drives that men now bear. To do so would merely give women, as well as men, heart attacks and ulcers. Hence the argument for freer, less rigidly defined lives...
...commission is lopped off when a buy order is placed. No-loads may also perform well because many are small and must thus concentrate their investments in relatively few stocks, which can be advantageous if those issues are the big gainers. Sometimes the managers of the no-loads are freer to concentrate on picking the right stocks. Managers of loaded funds often have to spend much of their time simply planning sales strategy...
...Says Bob Anderson, 21, Frederick's roommate, who also deserted from the Air Force: "I don't think I committed any great crime by not wanting to go to Viet Nam. I personally feel that Canada is a better place to live. The life-style is much freer...
Easier Divorce. The increase seems to parallel the rise of Women's Lib, which has led women to expect more freedom and pleasure. Women now feel freer to go off with other men and leave their children to the care of their husbands. Besides, running away has become financially easier. Women have more education and can more readily find jobs. They are more affluent, so they can afford to flee by plane or in the family's second car. They also have the Pill-and the prospect of easier divorce. "Years ago," Investigator Gold-fader sums...