Word: means
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After a near-meltdown at Three Mile Island (TMI), the government and the nuclear industry not only continue to press for continued use of nuclear power, but to push for expanded use, less restrictive licensing procedures, a speedup in plant construction-- and they mean to force it on us by creating yet another "oil crisis," thereby forcing us to choose between freezing in the dark and embracing nuclear power. Another cold winter looms ahead; so does an election year...
...heard when someone spots a gold coin lying unclaimed on the ground. And though the ending hints at some stirrings of unrest among the families after one of their group has been evicted by the landowner, this in not a film about politics, oppression, human rights, class struggles, or mean landlords vs. good peasants...
...judge, who did not explain his ruling, apparently agreed with Harvard's lawyer in the case, Lane McGovern '46. "The natural wording and purposes of the act show that it calls for a three-quarters vote, it is construed to mean a three-quarters affirmative vote, and that is how it is across the country," McGovern said yesterday...
...speech could have an effect, but it doesn't mean the bombings will stop. It would simply create an atmosphere," Father Francis Rimkus, managing editor of The Pilot, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston, said yesterday. "The Pope doesn't set down a three-point plan for getting peace in Lebanon--that's not his role," Rimkus said. But he added that when the Pope gives such a political speech before the United Nations, "he's not just saying niceties...
...scorching one-hour speech?at the express direction of Mao, he said?declaring that our approach was unacceptable. The communique had to set forth fundamental differences; otherwise the wording would have an "untruthful appearance." Our present draft was the sort of banality the Soviets would sign but neither mean nor observe...