Word: meres
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...clear, then, that the River Houses have the votes to pass the Fox proposal in some form. Those votes make it plain that Canaday is indeed the real problem, and that the freshmen at the Quad are a mere casualty in the battle. It appears once again that the Quad is being sacrificed for the River...
...their stock of monuments (what was once called their civilization), but by their pace of change. Rapidly "developing" nations are those that are most speedily obsolescing their inheritance. While it took centuries or even millenniums to build a civilization, the transformation of an "underdeveloped" nation can be accomplished in mere decades...
...judgement, the record is transpicuously clear, the nation, its institutions and those who made the decisions to grant or deny opportunity have been grossly unfair to those persons who have suffered from the real affirmative discrimination, both past and present, in American society. And we know that the mere enactment of Congressional legislation, or the issuance of a Presidential Executive Order is not enough. An Act, in and of itself, is not the essence of reform. Laws and Orders are not yet self-executing...
...galleries of the Senate. Yet in many ways he was the most important man in the Senate, a constant reminder to his colleagues, an example of what they were supposed to be and so rarely were. And they recognized it. As a fellow senator once said, "His mere presence on the floor could sway votes." His colleagues knew that Hart was a man who voted his conscience, no matter what the political risks, and that his positions often represented those they should be taking...
Congressional approval of presidential nominees traditionally has been considered a matter of course, a courtesy automatically extended to an incoming administration. The Nixon years demonstrated the danger of this approach. Cabinet members are more than mere managers; they frame questions for presidential consideration and participate directly in the formulation of policy. Their personal views on issues that may confront them are, therefore, of great importance and are valid subjects of consideration in determining whether or not a nominee should be confirmed...