Word: generality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...inflation, which ballooned to 16.9% annually during Whitlam's prime ministership and still grinds on at the painful rate of 9%. Most economists expect increases in the cost of living to keep moderating somewhat, but they forecast still higher unemployment next year. Fraser evidently agreed with those general estimates; most political observers conclude that he called the election a year early to avoid having to go to the voters in somewhat worse shape then than...
...that which binds the Tswana") is not recognized by any country in the world except South Africa and another homeland, Transkei, which became independent last year. BophuthaTswana's creation was opposed not only by many South African blacks but also by much of world opinion. United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim last week said that he "strongly deplored" the establishment of "another so-called independent tribal homeland in pursuance of the discredited policies of apartheid...
...other branches of journalism, such an idea most resembles life at the Associated Press, where, in the words of General Manager Keith Fuller, "neutrality is our bag." The A.P. constantly scrubs its language; lately, for example, it has instructed its reporters that one should say a terrorist group claimed "responsibility" for a bombing, instead of "credit" for it, "leaving it to others to judge whether it is an act to be 'credited' or not." In such tamped-down language, controversial becomes almost the strongest pejorative that can be hung on someone-and practically impossible to shake (Andrew Young...
...General Electric ($80). American. Lighter than most, it vibrates with heavy loads. Excellent for mousse, but only fair in chopping and slicing...
...takes as long as 1½ hrs., is administered to students individually, and results in a single IQ score. The Wechsler test, also given individually, reports an IQ score for both its verbal and nonverbal sections, as well as an overall figure. The Otis-Lennon, a group test, measures "general intelligence." (Sample question from the version for ten-year-olds: "What is the opposite of 'easy'?") The Culture Fair Intelligence Test concentrates more on the interpretation of diagrams; to avoid any cultural bias inherent in language, it employs no verbal questions...