Word: gradual
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IDEALLY, a way out of the South African mess does exist. Power sharing with a gradual evolution toward majority rule would allow Blacks to learn the skills necessary to run a country and perhaps build up a modicum of trust between Blacks and whites that would ease the latter's paranoia. Realistically, though, such a change is simply not forthcoming. The situation is already too polarized to allow a meeting of interests on a common ground. And the West is left with the choice between two singularly unattractive policy options...
...ptomaine poisoning, which had compelled him suddenly to abandon his tour, was followed by a slight attack of pneumonia. For a day or two it did not seem as if he were throwing off the poison. Then gradual improvement followed. His temperature abated, his pulse approached normal. The bulletins of physicians in attendance had at first pronounced his condition "serious." Succeeding bulletins gave more and more encouragement to the hope that he would recover. Public apprehension was allayed...
Such a large trade gap will put pressure on the dollar. Some forecasters have predicted a sudden collapse in its value, but TIME'S board believes that any decline is likely to be gradual, perhaps 4% to 5% over the next year. "The dollar is not headed for a free fall," said Heller, "but soon it should be gentling downward...
...moralism--the sloppy idealism of youth. Some of the conservative members of the Committee know only the language of cost-benefit analysis. In their strictly utilitarian calculations secure profits often weighed equally with considerations of simple justice. Other conservative members favored casting the issue in terms of revolution versus gradual change. Debates on the ACSR, then, often became fruitless clashes between incompatible moral jargons...
...extensive study of the problems plaguing the $2.4 million facility which was built in 1978, and kept the Q-RAC closed through the fall. Weather problems delayed the study for several weeks, but officials finally determined in early November that the University should repair the facility on a gradual plan, until refurbishing is completed next fall...