Word: modelling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...West German constitution, written under the watchful eye of U.S. occupation leaders, sought to prevent the rise of another Hitler by limiting the executive branch. Recalls Joachim von Elbe, a Bonn legal expert: "We did not want to make the Germans just imitate the American constitutional model but rely on themselves to reform, rebuild and overcome the Nazi period." The framers decreed that the Bundestag, or parliament, could not oust a Chancellor without first choosing a successor. That has helped prevent a return of the political chaos that brought the Nazis to power in the 1930s...
...constant, sometimes threatening presence in South Korean life. Spartan, plodding, more regimented than all but a few other Communist nations, it seems to act with one corporate mind. That mind belongs to Kim Il Sung, 75, the "Great Leader" who has been whipping North Korea into a model Communist state for 39 years. Kim's stable despotism is backed by an 885,000-strong army, navy and air force, the world's sixth largest fighting force...
...last week's commencement ceremony seemed to sum it up best. yes, i went to princeton, they read, no, i haven't met her. But Brooke Shields, 22, does not see anything funny about her college stint. "I did it in four years, and I worked hard," said the model-actress proudly. Growing a bit teary-eyed, she added, "I didn't set out to prove anything to anyone except myself." Looking smart in her black mortarboard and gown, Shields received a B.A. in French literature with honors. But just as she once vowed not to let anything "come between...
...part-time model displayed a steely quality before the committee, interrupting some questioners and reeling off a well-practiced "I don't recall." While cameras clicked, Hall sat pertly at the table, often whispering to her lawyer and punctuating her answers with a curt "sir" stapled at the end. When Maine's Republican Senator William Cohen said he did not think North was entitled to a grant of immunity in exchange for his testimony, Hall objected. "I think that Colonel North is first a U.S. citizen and he has the same rights that you yourself do, sir." Surprised, Cohen paused...
...latest target in the drive against Western ideas, Liu has become the subject of a write-in series in the conservative Peking Daily. Qu Xiao, an educator recently acclaimed as a "model" Communist, submitted his interpretation last week: "Liu's outlook was based on self-centeredness, self-design, self-struggle and self-importance. All these lead to self- destruction...