Word: ownership
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...republics will be limited, not expanded, under a new presidency. No rights are being assigned to republics, and different points of view are not being accepted. Once again, we are fighting over the law on property and land. Our peasants won't trust any law unless they have private ownership...
...party of all the Mozambican people," the ruling group has stepped up market reforms that it initiated in the mid-1980s. Last January Chissano introduced a draft constitution that embraces universal suffrage, a secret ballot, direct election of both the President and the parliament and the reintroduction of private ownership of land. The new plan is expected to be adopted by the People's Assembly before the middle of this year...
Rosovsky's preface neglects to mention, however, a crucial difference between these broadly-defined "owners" and himself. Students, faculty and administrators may claim partial ownership of a university. As a member of the Corporation, however, Rosovsky really does own Harvard--in a legal sense...
...words of an old Polish proverb, "Under capitalism man exploits man, whereas under communism, the reverse is true." The solution for Eastern Europe lies somewhere in between, in a system with private ownership of capital, private capital markets, active labor markets, social security and government by the people. In other words, the answer is social democracy...
...result of such measures, violent crimes with firearms, like assault and robbery, have stabilized or are actually declining. We see proof that levels of firearm ownership cannot be associated with levels of criminal violence, except for their deterrent value. On the other hand, tough laws designed to incarcerate violent offenders offer something gun control cannot: swift, sure justice meted out with no accompanying erosion of individual liberty...