Word: nils
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...idea of two Departments, though it would of course rejoice the souls of all economists who accept the idea of competition. And it should also be clear that my bureaucratic power -- justly, perhaps, since it has been exercised episodically and unreliably -- has always ranged between negligible and nil. John Kenneth Galbraith
...spontaneous revolution, they live out a morality of egoism to which even the petty cruelty of schoolchildren is preferable. There at least is a coherent ethics, compared to which Richmond's counterculture is a veritable jungle. The sexism is vicious, the community is haphazard, and the allegiance is nil. Still the author insists on romanticizing the squalor, to the extent where any of its exposure begins to look like the work of the reader. The sexism, in particular, was quite certainly not intended as such, and while I found it sick, and not even good pornographically, there is no doubt...
...addition to being host and chief interviewer on many of the programs, Pahopin has his own "Uncle Andy" show, which features Parker youngsters dancing, singing and-at times-complaining about their parents on-camera. A 5-ft. 10-in. black-haired extravert whose previous show-biz experience is nil, Pahopin suffered a twinge of self-doubt when first offered the job, but is now having a splendid time. "If I have to keep on doing five nights a week, I'll do it," he says. "But I don't want to take the spotlight from other tenants...
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...land, and the number is growing fast. Nature lovers, insisting that the little vehicles cause damage to the environment and shatter the tranquillity of wilderness regions, have begun pressing for anti-snowmobile legislation. But prospects for effective regulation are poor; the likelihood of an outright ban is nil. Now, however, a study by a Michigan State University professor suggests a more subtle way to deal with the proliferation of the abominable snowmobile (as its foes call it). If it is made thoroughly safe to operate, devotees will get bored and look for something more exciting...