Word: overwhelmingness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Reason for Confidence. Seeking a solution to the problem of jobs, Macmillan last week gave Lord Hailsham a new ministerial task of studying the northeast depressed areas, and told Birmingham businessmen that "with a little bit of luck" the economic slump might be reversed this year. As another weapon against...
During the Christmas recess we found ourselves bombarded with dozens of stories claiming 1962 was a "great year" in the world of sports. A little investigation revealed that 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958 and numerous other years were also great for sports fans, but from the overwhelming evidence put forth by...
Then the economic miracle transformed West Germany from a defeated enemy into a valued ally. The haunting moral question of how the Hitler regime had come to dominate 80 million people and what responsibility countless small German citizens might personally bear for it was never adequately faced and exorcised -not...
When South Korea's Strongman General Park Chung Hee seized power 19 months ago, he vowed to restore democratic civilian rule "when all revolutionary tasks have been accomplished.'' Sure enough. Park eventually produced the draft of a new constitution; last week it won overwhelming approval in a...
In the abstract, the case for reform is overwhelming. The U.S. tax structure, built up piecemeal over the decades, is so encrusted with exemptions, deductions, special-case provisions and loopholes for legalized evasion that only 43% of the total personal income in the U.S. is subjected to the federal income...