Word: importance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Impose quotas on foreign goods−Italian shoes, for example−in order to protect an import-threatened American industry...
...Congress, several shield bills are still under consideration, and one is likely to pass within the year. Whichever bill emerges is certain to have immediate import because it will apply a national standard by which the courts can judge confidentiality...
Perhaps an even more important catch was Joe Cahill, 53, onetime Provo chief in Belfast and No. 2 man in the movement, who had dropped out of sight following the imprisonment of Provo Chief Sean MacStiofáin. Cahill and five other smugglers were unloading the arms from the coaster Claudia onto a fishing smack when the Irish warships fired warning shots across the Claudia's bow and then sent out a boarding party. All six Provos were later charged with conspiracy to import arms unlawfully; Cahill and two others were held without bail...
...aesthete's love of the dance and the opera. The finest scenes in Before the Revolution took place at the opera; dance scenes of some sort have been prominent in most of his films. But nowhere except in Last Tango in Paris has the dance had such clear import. The tango at the end of the film is not just another Bertolucci dance -- it is a masterstroke. The tango, originally a spirited, emotional flamenco dance, is shown not just as the diluted ballroom style it is today, but as a lifeless, pitiful dance hearkening back to the thirties, suggesting that...
...action will inevitably conflict with our efforts to maintain high standards of teaching and scholarship. I disagree. If we are prepared to invest the necessary time and effort, affirmative action can contribute to Harvard's quality and not detract from it. To accomplish this result, we must observe two import principles...