Word: governance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...front of about 600 people, Galbraith argued that "the age of imperialism is over," adding that "it is the unbounded and universal determination of people to govern themselves." Swenson read "Some Quadrangles," a poem about college that she had written especially for the proceedings...
Murphy, however, argues something further. He suggests that accounts of behind-the-scenes politicking like that of his two subjects should show America last what standard's it should impose on its judges His introduction and conclusion both stress the importance of divining consistent ethical standards to govern judicial behavior...
...thing, the proposal would probably allow deficits only in the event of "emergencies"; Congress would have to approve such budgets by a three-fifths vote. Yet to those who govern America today, emergencies do not mean hungry children or jobless bread-winners. More likely, they would invoke the escape clause to permit renewed hikes in military spending--hardly what this nation needs...
...country where the unbridled pursuit of self-interest has led to the spread of what Michael Walzer recently termed "the ideology of selfishness," the moderating force of apology appears as salient as ever. When those who govern or administer use apologias for the opposite reason--for the defense of self-interest or the defense of illegitimacy--they undermine morality...
...space and time. I've always wanted to understand why the world is what it is and how it works," says Hawking, now a successor to Sir Isaac Newton as Lucastan Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. Since, according to Hawking, "we already know completely the laws that govern normal matter," his goal is to extend such knowledge to extreme conditions. Nothing is more extreme than a black hole...