Word: habits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...explanation lies in their age itself--as Assistant Professor of Government Ethel Klein Points out, voting is a "habitual act," something you learn to do over time. The young are not politically initiated; often it takes two or three campaign exposures for them to get into the habit...
...quite interesting in the framework of The Day After. The first two premises of the movie were an East German revolution and a siege of West Berlin. Such events cannot be ruled but; witness Poland's recent unrest and the troubles over Berlin since 1945. Oppressed people-have-a habit of rising against their oppressors, as the heirs of the October Revolution are certainly acutely aware. To this end, the Pact and the Red Army, not SS-20s or SS-18s, guarantee Soviet security through political repression. And this is what MBFR is all about...
...When I came upon the material in Cardinal's book. I was very much at home and sympathetic. I feel what she has to say is very important. However, I kept in mind that Americans are used to a high level of editing and that the French have a habit of not editing at all, unless the author edits herself. I regarded Cardinal as a diamond in the rough to which I could bring my own talent as an editor and a writer. My effort was toward compression and toward establishing a rhythm which corresponded to the original...
...courage of potential witnesses all over the country. Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau notes that Edmonds' was one of those rare New York cases in which a witness was offered protection, only hours before his death. He turned it down because he had a $150-a-day heroin habit. Says the D.A.: "Junkies do not want to be kept away from their drugs...
...that saw the lead seesaw back and forth more often than U.S. foreign policy raised the Harvard record to 4-2 and marked the Crimson's fourth home win in as many tries. It also saw the cagers post furious rallies at the end of regulation and overtime, a habit that's become something of a trademark of this Harvard squad...