Word: gradualism
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...meeting in Columbus, Julie offered to put her life on the line for Dad and country. Asked if she would be "willing to die for the Thieu regime" in South Viet Nam, Julie answered, "Yes, I would," and went on to defend the President's policy of gradual withdrawal...
Turkey agreed last June to complete a gradual phase-out of its opium-poppy production this year, rather than maintain severely limited production for medical use, as originally planned. The government did not find the decision hard to make, in view of the fact that Washington seemed to hint that the U.S.'s $140 million Turkish aid program hung in the balance. The U.S. is easing the country's cold-turkey withdrawal from poppy production with $35 million in special funds, to be used, among other things, for the construction of a sunflower-oil processing plant near former poppy fields...
...Lover" is similarly structured. It begins with a full organ opening leading to an excellent basic riff from the rhythm section. (Ballard's chording is exceptional here, as it is on his own songs, and throughout.) Argent's gradual entry into the song for the break emphasizes his tendency to build a solo. There's a certain unpredictability in his explorations, both here and on "Hold Your Head Up," that results in an increased interest on the part of the listener. Argent's influences are subtle, and echo so well the texture of his solo that the finished whole...
...spacecraft back over the same spot on earth every 18 days at almost exactly the same time of day. Thus, ERTS's photographs, each covering a 100-by-100-mile square, will be taken at each particular site under lighting conditions that remain unchanged except for the gradual seasonal variations in the angle of the sun and different cloud covers. Such consistency gives ERTS a unique ability to spot changes on the earth...
...stolen or bulldozed, concreted over in the name of progress, or just strangled in red tape. Last week's attack on the Pieta may direct the world's attention to the urgency of this problem. It is not a matter of one Michelangelo the less but the gradual death of the most complex and exquisite cultural ecology that Europe or the world has ever seen...