Word: manner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this is the main danger of the book. This is why Dawkins is incredibly irresponsible in the manner he treats the subject of genetics. He doesn't really believe genes are selfish, but a lot of people will believe it after reading his book. These are the people who will vote against welfare programs and refuse to believe anything can be done to eliminate social injustice. These are the defeatists who talk about human nature as though it were the Rock of Gibralter--completely controlled by genes with little environmental malleability...
...government to attack fundamental rights in the name of property rights. We will remove the property right from the fundamental rights, but we will make it a legal right, assessable and judged by the courts. We don't want to carry out land reform in a dictatorial manner. Why should it not see the scrutiny of the courts...
...with little choice in the matter or someone who, because of a restricted childhood, lacks a strong sense of what she wants. As a husband and father his word is usually uncontested. At work and at play it is unlikely that he will interact in a more than superficial manner with women. All in all, there is little room in his life where he is vulnerable to intimidation or competition from women...
...that the central government must have the revenues from the copper mines to survive-and once again, the government's control of those mines is in jeopardy. Over the past 16 years, the U.S. has always helped Zaïre in moments of crisis. Despite his imperial manner and lavish personal taste, President Mobutu has so far managed the considerable feat of holding his mineral-rich country together. Almost helpless to influence the sudden state of affairs in Zaïre, the U.S. dispatched two planeloads of military supplies to Kinshasa; Belgium, the former colonial power, sent a shipment...
...moved Young's boss Jimmy Carter to weigh in with a statement acknowledging the "complexity of the problem." The President made it clear that he "has no desire to seek legislation or to otherwise impose a solution." Nevertheless, Carter's view of "hostage situations" was that the manner of coverage merited "discussion and sober consideration...