Word: powerfully
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...South Korea, we welcome the end of his rule, a dictatorship of the worst stripe marked by ruthless suppression of political opposition and civil rights. The end of Park's reign marks the first real chance for the liberalization of the Korean government since then-General Park seized power in the early...
...first step, we urge that the current, temporary military rulers of South Korea activate the provision in Park's 1972 constitution that established a national council of unification to select the next president. Furthermore, that constitution should be amended to curtail the executive powers that Park exploited and to expand the power of the National Assembly, now a mere rubberstamp body...
...long run, the United States must exert its influence to effect the return of democratic rights and institutions to South Korea. In addition to the power the U.S. holds as the principle foreign military presence in Korea, it gained leverage by moving swiftly in the current crisis to preserve stability on the Korean peninsula, placing U.S. forces in a state of readiness to forestall any North Korean adventures. The U.S. must use its diplomatic and economic leverage to act as an honest broker with the current rulers of South Korea, pressing for the release of political prisoners...
While both its advocates and opponents expect Question 3 to receive strong support, the controversy over this referendum focuses on the nuclear power portion rather than the undisputed conservation section...
Clifford A. Truesdell '66, one of the referendum's authors, says he originally wanted a purely anti-nuclear referendum, but decided an "unemotional" emphasis on alternatives to nuclear power would be more effective...