Word: movers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Prime Mover...
...Commission on World Hunger [Oct. 16]? Bunk! It was Singer-Songwriter Harry Chapin, who is also a member of this commission, who lobbied religiously for more than two years until the reticent Congress and White House finally agreed to its legal creation. If anyone is a prime mover in this effort...
...cache of scholarship on political leaders--presidents, tyrants, revolutionaries--and followers--the rabble, the masses, the voting public. Historians endlessly debate the role of the great man, the masses and of fate in the unfolding of history. And usually the advocate defends one of these forces as the prime mover in history, or throws up his hands, frustrated by the epic proportions of the conflict...
...prime mover was Resorts International, which set off the gambling stock boom by opening the first (and so far only) casino in Atlantic City, N.J., in May. This time, the Florida-based firm's big news was that its boardwalk betting palace had grossed $60 million in its first three months, about triple the revenues of the largest Las Vegas casinos...
...prime mover behind these reforms is Irving R. Kaufman, who was appointed chief judge of the Second in 1973. Kaufman is a believer in the "British tradition of orality." Because he and his colleagues favor "eyeball situations between attorneys and judges." the Second allows oral argument in more than 90% of its cases (vs. an average of 70% in the other circuits). But the flow of advocacy may be quickly cut off if the judges find it repetitious or unessential. Judges in the Second often decide appeals directly from the bench, simply stating their reasons and dispensing with written opinions...