Word: reflecting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...itself terribly surprising that last month's party conferences did not reflect Britain's pervasive new sense of urgency and change, for the history of postwar party activity has above all been one of immobility and parliamentary bickering. What is perfectly astonishing is that the history should continue two years after the Common Market and the startling prospect of joining it have infiltrated British political life with a demand that the Government make a serious effort at decision and negotiation...
Other economic quarrels reflect deeper ideological differences, though to many Westerners they may sound far less "real." Khrushchev told visiting Senator Hubert Humphrey that the Chinese-cherished farming communes were "oldfashioned and reactionary." Not until after December 1958, when the Chinese "modified" the commune system, did the Russians agree to help the Reds build 78 new industrial projects. Today, Red China owes Russia more than $300 million on last year's trade pact alone, and depends on Moscow for half its oil, machine parts and heavy industrial equipment...
...first provision will eliminate what Dean Monro last year called the "class anachronism" in Council representation, one member of each class elected in each House. The theory behind this move, the report says, is that allegiances are stronger toward Houses than Classes, and the new arrangement will more accurately reflect the divisions in the student body...
...crucial negotiations with the European Common Market. Shrewd, tart-tongued "Rab" Butler, who has long been Macmillan's chief rival for 10 Downing Street, was thus removed from the party's nerve center to an assignment that could make or break the government-but will reflect luster, if Britain enters the Common Market on favorable terms, mainly on Harold Macmillan...
...over February's low, he is paying off old bills at such a rate that credit outstanding has dropped 2% from last December's high-and his savings accounts are bursting. Despite all this, says baffled Commerce Department Economist Louis Paradiso, retail sales "still reflect the same kind of sluggishness we have had all along, but now it seems to be hanging on too darned long. It's a puzzler...