Word: litmus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...polls indicate it will--the state of justice and of the Court in California may never be the same. A political campaign--replete with PACs, and 30-second TV spots--against sitting Supreme Court Justices can only serve to throw the Court into the realm of politics and ideological litmus tests...
...light of local mores. It is the precarious business of statesmanship to recognize these differences and not be deceived by labels. The government of Mexico, readily classified as a democracy, is in certain respects just as harsh and repressive as many regimes classified as dictatorships. The simple litmus test for freedom and civil rights applicable in advanced societies (although they are often violated there as well) cannot be used, for instance, in a country like Turkey, which for decades was ravaged by civil strife and terror. The executive editor of the New York Times, A.M. Rosenthal, asked unhappily...
...surveillance aircraft equipped with Airborne Warning and Control Systems. The first of them is scheduled to arrive this June. Congress blocked an order for an additional 48 F-15s last year, forcing the Saudis to turn to British and European jets. Now Riyadh views its missile request as a litmus test of American support...
...said, "would be grateful to the Vice President of the U.S." for his presence, though she carefully refrained from specifying which Vice President. The evening, with all its tiptoeing over sensitive ground, brought a sparkle of amusement to the eyes of Democratic National Chairman Paul Kirk. "The right-wing litmus tests are already coming fast and furious," he said, "pushing Republicans even farther to the radical right." That, no doubt, would have brought a sparkle to Loeb's eyes...
While the National Party retains an absolute majority in the House of Assembly, President Botha had portrayed last week's vote as a litmus test for his government's reforms, which have included repeal of the laws against sex and marriage among the races and proposals to allow blacks to own houses in urban areas. Some white backlash was to be expected given the continuing violence in the black townships and South Africa's severe unemployment and recession. In a speech last week to the Foreign Correspondents Association, Botha blamed foreign persecution for intensifying his country's troubles. "The more...