Word: portends
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That's the way Philadelphians I talked to last week viewed Mayor Frank Rizzo's unsuccessful attempt to kill a column strongly critical of his administration which appeared in the March 14th edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer. The publication of that column and the events that followed portend dangerous consequences for both the people of the nation's fourth largest city and editors who write about politics in every newspaper in the country...
...Arctic oceans, from a population of 2.5 million into one nearly 90 times larger, from a simple agrarian society into the world's most technologically sophisticated civilization. How did we get from there to here? How have we changed in our 200 years? And what do these changes portend for our future...
...boasted last week: "The U.S. won't be able to hold on to Taiwan forever; the same goes for South Korea. In Thailand the people will also rise. How long will it take? Not very long." As if in reply, Ford said: "These events, tragic as they are, portend neither the end of the world nor of America's leadership in the world...
...emphasis is on what Levinson calls BOOM-becoming one's own man. Parents are blamed for unresolved personality problems. There is "one last chance to make it big" in one's career. Does all this add up to disaster? Not necessarily. "Midlife crisis does not appear to portend decay," says Vaillant. "It often heralds a new stage of man." The way out of this turbulent stage, say the researchers, is through what Erikson calls "generativity"-nurturing, teaching and serving others. The successful mid-lifer emerges ready to be a mentor to a younger...
...changes do not necessarily portend a runaway gush of liberal legislation. Speaker Albert has so far not shown any dynamic leadership for pushing such bills or for taking full advantage of his potential power. Senior and more conservative Democrats still have practical influence as chairmen of many committees. Yet the changes, coupled with an increasingly liberal Senate, suggest that Congress will sharply challenge President Ford's view of desirable legislation. Even without the caucus reforms, Congress has already overridden four Ford vetoes-only one less than throughout the 5% Nixon years...