Word: nationalizes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...debate kept circling back to urgent yet timeless questions. What makes a good member of society? The "higher purpose" his nation exhorts him to? Or the very specific moral and legal demands put upon him by his neighbors, his village and the ties of blood and land? In an era of megamachines and megastates, do we overrate the big in history-the Roman Empire, the papacy? If you wanted to change, really change, the world today, wouldn't you do well to "cultivate smaller gardens," the neighborhood community rather than the U.N.? The seminar concluded in stalemate...
...Soviet side, the release of the dissidents was only part of the Kremlin's effort to appear benign.* The flow of Jewish emigration, which the U.S. Congress has made a precondition of the granting of most-favored-nation trading status to the Soviets, is swelling to record levels. Some Congressmen believe that the tough trade policy forced the Kremlin to ease its emigration policy. That view, however, is disputed by Administration specialists. They argue that by Unking freer trade with freer emigration Congress actually caused Moscow to clamp down on exit visas for about two years to demonstrate that...
Second only to SALT among Soviet aims is repeal of the 1974 Jackson-Vanik amendment, which withholds most-favored-nation status from the U.S.S.R. until Moscow permits free emigration. Lifting the amendment would make the U.S.S.R. eligible for generous credits to pay for American goods and reduce tariffs on Soviet goods shipped to the U.S. The U.S. is clearly considering granting most-favored-nation status to Moscow's nemesis: China...
Politics is the way ahead in this nation. It is a collection of yearnings put together to make a majority that gives purpose to thought and turns theory into action. Politics is movement, mission, protest, the creative tension whence comes direction. We do not need less politics, we need more politics-good politics...
...result of its success, Operation Banco may become a prototype for narcotics investigations across the nation. DEA agents in New York City are already working with the IRS and the Federal Reserve Bank. The Government hopes that the ubiquitous computer will prove to be the best sleuth yet in tracking illegal drug traders...