Word: meaningfulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Says Political Scientist Jorge Bustamante: "We know we own the oil, and we are ready to defend it with our lives. But it has not touched our lives as yet." Just how much oil wealth will affect the average Mexican is uncertain. One worry is to what extent endemic corruption...
Both sides remain at loggerheads on the meaning of autonomy. The Israelis see self-rule for the inhabitants of the West Bank and Gaza as limited to local administrative matters. The Egyptians want the Palestinians to have broad judicial, executive and territorial rights. The final communique lamely predicted "an eventual...
Republican Alan Greenspan, perhaps the most optimistic member of TIME's board, sees a roller-coaster recession: the economy, after its slight rise, will plunge steeply during the coming winter and spring. Unemployment, which has hovered at about 5.7% for the past year, inched up to 6.0% in August...
To avoid such extremes, the U.S. may be forced to take strong measures to bring down inflation. Grove and Washington Economic Consultant Robert Nathan reluctantly vote for a "quick and dirty" solution that would include draconian measures. Says Grove: "The ideal program would be very sharp fiscal and monetary policies...
Why is Bertolucci troubling us with these decadent people? It is not to create a morality play. The director does not ask us to care about his characters or even to judge them; they are only instruments to make us share his vision of the world. As always, Bertolucci owes...