Word: methods
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...self-effacing irony gloss over the worst. There are parts of it that are so bad that an entirely ironic response takes over: "This scene, unbelievably awful though it is, was created and directed by Stanley Kubrick; it must be bad for a good reason." But there is no method to Barry Lyndon's badness, only a few misguided impulses which tear the film in conflicting directions...
...very, very questionable method of selecting presidential candidates, and actually it never does. All it does is destroy some candidates...
...Died. Emile-Georges Cuisenaire, 84, creative educator who invented an internationally recognized method of teaching children to count by associating numbers and colors; in Thuin, Belgium...
...local ways is typical of Mother Teresa, who became a citizen of India in 1948. But her Catholic orthodoxy does not bend far. Though the sisters operate 28 family-planning centers in India and elsewhere round the world, the only birth control they offer is the papally-approved rhythm method. As for abortion, Mother Teresa calls it a crime that kills not only the child but the consciences of all involved...
...will mean absolutely nothing in the face of a willful President or a willful Attorney General." Thus the committee will probably recommend that the standards be written into law. Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, in fact, urged that "specific statutes should authorize, prohibit or regulate every investigative and enforcement method. Government agents should not have to guess what is permitted." Both committee members and Justice Department officials favor requiring court approval of wiretaps in domestic-security cases; such approval is now a federal requirement only in criminal cases...