Word: obtained
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...officials and the society they represented. The con served hard time, and often after his release sought revenge on society for his incarceration. The penal reformers also pointed out that the convict's bitterness was compounded by the corrupt manner in which inmates with pull on the outside could obtain pardons from governors--then the only mechanism of premature release--while poorer cons had to serve their full sentences...
...majority vote, the General Assembly can declare any motion on the floor an "important question" that motion then requires a two-thirds majority to pass. Last year that maneuver denied Peking its seat. Even though the Albanian resolution received a 51 to 49 vote majority, it failed to obtain the two-thirds vote needed to resolve an "important question...
Swift also received a continuance yesterday so he could obtain legal aid. He was released on $100 recognizance bond pending trial on October...
...expectation that China will make a deal with America on Vietnam stands as a serious delusion. Whatever the Chinese expect to obtain from negotiations, they are not in the market for a detente at the expense of allies. Such Khruschevian politics have been repeatedly denounced well before the Cultural Revolution and with particular fervor during the recent tumultous years. Since the announcement of Nixon's visit, the Chinese and Vietnamese have gone out of their way to publicly demonstrate their solidarity. Most recently, they signed a new military assistance pact in late September, further strengthening their ties...
...vigorously at the UN. Perhaps he gives full diplomatic pressure to this empty policy in hopes of defeating Peking's entry this year so he may have a stronger bargaining position during his trip. This also would explain Kissinger's upcoming trip: during the UN debate, Kissinger can obtain some deal. One formula widely speculated upon would return Taiwan to Peking upon Chaing's death. Until that time, Chaing would remain free to keep intact the myth of his sovereignty over all China or he could perhaps acknowledge Peking sovereignty and accept the post of governor of the island...