Word: givens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Moscow conference made plain the huge pitfalls of a superpower crisis in the nuclear age. "The horrifying extent to which we all misunderstood what was going on," said McNamara, "is the absolutely fundamental lesson for the future. Given what's at stake, crises are too dangerous to manage. They must be avoided...
...Shamir has given no sign he is willing to make real concessions to the Palestinians. He is strongly against any substantive international role in Middle East talks as well as any dealings with the P.L.O. Most important of all, Shamir absolutely opposes giving up control of the West Bank and Gaza Strip...
...many citizens of Japan, where personal hygiene is paramount and high technology extends into just about every sphere of daily life. This combination has produced the enthronement of the bathroom as a focus for ingenuity and decorating style. "The Japanese have given up hopes of having a garden, and are spending money for comfortable dwellings," says sociologist Yukio Akatsuka. "The interest is now shifting from the living room to the bathroom." Though the seatless holes in the ground of stereotypical Western dread still exist in many parts of Japan, the newfangled WC is often a marvel of gadgetry...
Conservatism should seek to achieve as much good as possible, given the available means. It holds forth no social panaceas or utopias--and perhaps that is what makes it unattractive for some...
...Assistant Professor of Government JenniferWidner, teaching at Harvard for the first timethis year, said her initial reaction was that"given the kinds of classes I teach, there wouldbe the opportunity [to include the themes]."Widner, who studies African government, said shehad not yet decided on the format of herdiscussion...