Word: processing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...more than confirm that a summit was in session, at least they provided a skeletal view of events inside Camp David. In the first days of the conclave, it was clear that the U.S. was feeling out the positions of both the Israelis and Egyptians. As part of this process, the three leaders met together three times, for a total of 6˝ hours. Although the three weekend sabbaths?Muslim, Jewish and Christian?slowed the pace of the talks somewhat, they gave the participants an opportunity to review what they had learned and analyze potential areas of compromise...
...confused with the Western concept of the rule of law. As the founder of Stalin's legal system, Andrei Vyshinsky, wrote in 1937: "The formal law is subordinate to the law of the Revolution." This helpful dictum enables the party to interfere selectively with the legal process, but what occurs is not called martial law. Thus, while the Soviet constitution enshrines most basic human rights, reality is quite another matter. "I was in Prague when the Soviets arrived in 1968," recalls Professor Hassan. "I saw people throw tomatoes at tanks. Where force is, the law can do nothing...
...federal budget by fiscal 1981 as an Administration goal. That did not satisfy Alan Greenspan, former chairman of President Ford's Council of Economic Advisers. He lamented that basic functions of government at all levels have been broadened over the past several decades "with no internal rational limiting process," generating irresistible pressures to spend. The only solution he could see is a constitutional amendment enforcing budget limits...
Irrational opposition to nuclear power can only delay a solution to America's energy problems. But even if this opposition ends, some positive action is also essential. If the U.S. is to be assured of energy for the future, the present nuclear licensing process must be sensibly simplified. It is a byzantine snarl that Boston Attorney Thomas Dignan describes as "a full-employment bill for lawyers." Dignan's legal work for the Seabrook plant has generated a 5-ft. shelf of transcripts from a state hearing, 20 3-in.-thick volumes of applications to the federal Nuclear Regulatory...
...approved sites. In that way, it would eliminate some layers of review agencies and reduce the opportunities for opponents to reopen litigation on is sues that have already been legally resolved by courts. Unfortunately, there will be no action on this proposal before 1979. Legislation to place the licensing process in the hands of fewer agencies (approvals may now be required from as many as 40) also should be introduced. This could reduce the time for completing a power plant to six years and thus help make construction costs lower and more predictable...