Word: method
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Even the militancy of Robert Mugabe, the black leader with the closest ties to the guerrillas, was tempered as he expressed "preparedness to pursue the method of peaceful negotiations." He quickly cautioned, though, that if the current talks failed there would be no choice but to continue "war in the pursuit of peace." The most conciliatory of the four blacks, the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole, credited the Rhodesians for having the good sense to accept the "new political reality" and the principle of majority rule...
...Cheltenham, a leading private school, then went on to Oxford. He entered Parliament in 1964. When he lost his seat in 1974, Harold Wilson dispatched him to the U.N., where his quick repartee, enormous stamina and warmth of personality immediately made their mark. Says one former aide: "His method, which befits the good barrister he is, is to persuade rather than dictate." Adds a senior Foreign Office diplomat: "Had he become a member of the diplomatic service instead of a lawyer and politician, he would have risen to the top of the Foreign Office...
...technique takes only a few hours, while the culture method requires at least two days, McComb said...
Dorothy E. McComb, assistant in Microbiology, said yesterday her new technique involves checking for substances the body produces to combat venereal disease germs. The present method of testing for venereal disease is to take a sample from the infected area and grow a culture of the germs...
South Africa's policy of setting up nominally independent black states called Bantustans is a method of maintaining white rule in South Africa by making all blacks aliens, although they will still be economically dependent on South Africa, Williams said...