Word: procession
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...withdrawing the latest nominations, Sullivan said, "While I recognize the desire and the right of those affected by the urban renewal process to be involved in the decisions that affect them, I also believe that the entire community of Cambridge has a stake in the decisions to be made...
...have no illusions. This is a long process. Lincoln is very close to my own feeling. Without using the word reunification too much, I am speaking about a perspective that makes it possible for the two parts of my nation to live together in one way or another. And there I like to pick up Lincoln's word that "a house divided against itself cannot stand...
After a bitter internecine quarrel, the party's executive committee was split into two warring factions, the process of government was all but paralyzed, and a few unhappy chieftains even threatened to expel Prime Minister Indira Gandhi from the party. Even if a complete schism is somehow averted, which looks doubtful, the Congress Party already has lost much of its old unity. Dissension within the party is certain to jar India's volatile and increasingly fragmented political scene...
...automobile industry could probably adapt to electric cars, but it would be a painful and costly process. For one thing, since electric cars tend to be extremely durable, "planned obsolescence" would itself become obsolete. For another, the new cars, to minimize the drain on their batteries, would have to be light, small and free of many of today's high-profit accessories. As for the oil industry, Netschert figures that it would lose fully half its market...
...attorney dispatched by Garry filed a notice of appeal on the contempt charges. Denying a request for bail, Hoffman asserted that the defendant "seeks to destroy the American judicial system." If nothing else, Scale's collision with the judge illustrates a key weakness in U.S. legal process. "This shows that the fragile legal system functions only if everyone is willing to some extent to play the game by the rules," says Professor Yale Kamisar of the University of Michigan Law School. Believing that the game was unjust, Scale refused to play by the rules. And the able but adamant...