Word: presentation
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...past never seems to give up on the state of Maine. Or perhaps it is the other way around. The present, at any rate, remains at best an intruder there, particularly in the heavily wooded coastal areas, which have adjusted to the automobile but not to the six-lane highway. In Maine the sturdy frame houses off narrow winding roads plainly belong to the century past. The people grow their own vegetables, chop their own firewood, bottle their own pickles and paddle their own canoes...
...group of 200 black leaders, who assembled at the N.A.A.C.P. headquarters in New York City to discuss the split: "Some Jewish organizations and intellectuals who were previously identified with the aspirations of black Americans . . . became apologists for the racial status quo. They asserted that further attempts to remedy the present forms of discrimination were violative of the civil rights laws . . . Jews must show more sensitivity and be prepared for more consultation before taking positions contrary to the best interests of the black community...
Such cutting seems to become more imperative each month. The Government reported last week that consumer prices rose 1% in July, which is an annual rate of 13.1%, and thus extended the present stretch of double-digit inflation to a full seven months. At the same time, the spending power of Americans has continued to decline. Mostly because of inflation, but also because taxes have been creeping upward, the actual buying power that people have been getting from the money in their paychecks has declined by nearly 4% over the past twelve months. So more and more, almost...
...mistrial. He then ruled in favor of IBM, though the jury had favored Memorex by 9 to 2. Suspecting that the jurors were baffled by the whole case, Judge Conti began asking them questions about the evidence. The answers were confused. Declaring that "the magnitude and complexity of the present lawsuit render it as a whole beyond the ability and competency of any jury to understand and decide rationally," Conti ruled that if the case had to be retried, it should be heard by a judge, without a jury...
...shift away from confrontation with Russia to its present policy of détente has also impelled many scholars to take a fresh look at the cold war, that byproduct of World War II. Many of the origins of the cold war sprang from decisions made during hostilities. The Allied decision to halt Patton on his dash toward Berlin, for example, isolated the German capital and made it a focal point of confrontation in the postwar era. Says History Professor Robert Dallek of U.C.L.A.: "We have to go back. Where we are now is a direct result of what evolved...