Word: heeds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...identify with the people they are supposed to protect." In a nation where more than 55% of high school graduates now go on to some kind of college, a police department without higher-educated rookies is surely hurting itself. Perhaps more police chiefs as well as collegians should heed Durk's pitch...
Iron Laws. Why does the commission condone such overexploitation? Explains Ray Gambell, scientific adviser to the British delegation: "There seemed no point in registering a vote against the high quotas. Otherwise, the whaling nations would just go and do what they wanted without taking heed of any restrictions at all, which would be much worse." As it is, the major whalers-particularly the Russians-steadfastly refuse to allow international observers to inspect their operations, so no one is sure that quotas are not sometimes exceeded...
Doubtful Tactics. In the past, protests against the incarceration of dissidents have, in Solzhenitsyn's words, "bounced back like peas off a wall." But this time the authorities seemed to take some heed of the remonstrances. In a surprise move, Soviet authorities last week told Medvedev that he was free to go home. His release, however, was only a temporary reprieve, for he was warned that he might be recalled at any time for further observation...
Sukarno paid no heed to economic realities. He launched his Soviet-aided army on the wasteful konfrontasi against Malaysia, while pursuing a domestic course of high living and useless prestige. The result was $2.4 billion in foreign debts and the postwar world's worst inflation. The erstwhile "President for Life" viewed himself as a dedicated revolutionary and nationalist. But his flaming oratory and grandiose promises never produced a better life for his countrymen, nor any voice for them in his "guided democracy." Meaningless slogans and acronyms echoed in the void. Sukarno's big movement on the world stage...
...Wilson gave little heed to the issues, voters paid less attention to Heath's attempts to raise them. For one thing, the British were distracted by the World Cup Soccer matches in Mexico City, where the British team is defending its championship title...