Word: governance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...does he do with his spare time? Well, he reads: "Lately, philosophy-just now I'm reading Spinoza." One might wonder what the 17th century Dutch-Jewish mathematical rationalist would have had to say to a retired racketeer. Perhaps this, from Spinoza's Ethics: "He who cannot govern his desires, and keep them in check with the fear of the laws ... cannot enjoy with contentment the knowledge and love...
...Carter advocates significantly loosening the restrictions established in the 1902 law, he will put the federal government in the position of substantially subsidizing agribusiness: most of the farms in violation of the existing statute are large corporate farms. Irrigation is an energy-intensive and usually very expensive operation. According to the Task Force on the Rules and Regulations to Govern the Application of the 160-acre Limit, the government made an original investment of $1100 per acre to build the irrigation system, which now illegally provides cheap water for the lands in question. The fact that during the past...
...independence is too strong to disappear or even diminish significantly when some other President succeeds Carter. This means that it has become more difficult to govern, and it will get even more difficult in the future...
Landry once sold insurance, so he is quite at home in Dallas, one of the country's major insurance centers. As any good actuary should, he relentlessly computes the possibilities and probabilities that govern the chaotic life span of a football game. His much-remarked-upon stoic sideline demeanor (Don Rickles: "There's 70,000 people going bananas and there's Tom Landry trying to keep his hat on straight") is a reflection of his calculating soul. Explains Wide Receiver Golden Richards: "He is not aware of the moment because he is thinking two plays ahead of the rest...
...that case, renewed momentum toward a peaceful settlement would again depend upon Britain and the U.S., whose blueprint for Rhodesia was eclipsed when Smith accepted universal suffrage. A main feature of their plan calls for a London-appointed administrator to govern for a six-month transition period during which a constitutional conference-based on one man, one vote-would create the political structure of an independent Rhodesia. U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and British Foreign Secretary David Owen are to meet this week at a NATO conference in Brussels, where they will certainly review their strategy for Rhodesia...