Word: predictableness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...crimes-a point that could influence the court. Moreover, retired Justice William O. Douglas, who broadly opposed the death penalty as cruel and unusual punishment, has been replaced by John Paul Stevens, whose legal philosophy is more moderate than that of his liberal predecessor. Close observers of the court predict that it will vote this summer to restore executions by a margin of at least...
Will President Ford's budget help the recovery? Or slow it? Or something in between? The nation's leading economists, who failed as a group to predict the nature of the recession or anticipate its depth, immediately-and predictably-differed on the answers...
FENCING--With a 4-2 record, and perhaps the best foil team in the country, Harvard's fencers could go a long way. It's hard to predict the Ivy teams to beat, but Cornell and Columbia (and naturally Princeton) are good bets. The two losses thus far, to St. John's and NYU, could possibly have been avoided, but lack of experience can often negate talent. In other words, an "A" for talent, a "B-" for experience, and a "B+" at the mid-term...
...humanists celebrate "responsible" freedom after centuries of "bondage to church or state." Marriage "where viable" is "a cherished human relationship," but "other sexual relationships also are significant." The 34 signers predict a growing acceptance of premarital, homosexual and bisexual relations...
...M.P.L.A. claimed to have seized a string of towns in northern Angola, including Caracassala, Cangala, Samba and Vista Alegre. M.P.L.A. forces were also reported closing in on the seacoast city of Ambriz, the only port held by the F.N.L.A. If that city falls, some foreign intelligence sources predict, the F.N.L.A. may collapse entirely...