Word: givees
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...European economic integration. Maurice Schumann broke with De Gaulle in 1962, after the general rejected European political unity, but returned to the Gaullist fold three years later. As Foreign Minister, he is expected not to initiate any drastic changes in France's basic policy, but rather to give it a Pompidoulian cast. That is, as one diplomat suggested, "instead of the shouted non" like that of Debré, "Schumann's non will be far more gentle and perhaps even negotiable...
...search for "relevance" often takes the form of innovation within accepted ecclesiastical norms. When Shannon Meagher and Henry A. Foley planned their Roman Catholic wedding in Milwaukee, they altered the traditional ceremony to give it an interracial, ecumenical character "for our friends who were black, white, Jew, Catholic, Protestant, poor, middle class and rich...
...fuller representation on all committees. In Detroit, representatives of the National Black Economic Development Council met with the executive council of the Episcopal diocese of Michigan to present their demands for reparations for "centuries of oppression." In the long run, though, one of the most significant attempts to give spiritual sanction to the Black Power movement may have occurred last month in Atlanta, where a group of 16 theologians met under the auspices of the National Committee of Black Churchmen (membership: 600) to hammer out a common position...
...criminal cases, one or two votes could possibly change the balance. Miranda, for example, was decided by a 5-to-4 margin. It may be that Burger and Justices of similar temperament will in the future give the police the benefit of the doubt in resolving close cases based on Miranda. But like other Justices, Burger will be deterred by the doctrine of stare decisis (respect for precedent) from abandoning rules that have been law for three years now. Even so, under Burger's leadership, the court is more likely to return to the role of anchoring the ship...
...Grace. The intent of the law is to enable consumers to shop around for the best credit terms avail able. Regulation "Z" also strikes an in direct blow at credit rackets. Some home-repair contractors, electricians, plumbers and even morticians have customarily required that the customer sign an agreement giving the creditor a lien on his home. Now the creditor must not only inform the consumer that there is such a lien but give him three business days after signing to think over the deal and cancel it if he chooses - a requirement that could create an awkward situation...