Word: reflective
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...This argument, of course, overlooks two screamingly obvious facts: a quintupling of oil prices since October 1973 has left the OPEC nations far ahead of the game, and the oil price boosts have mightily helped to fan the Western inflation about which they complain. Indeed, OPEC's plans reflect raw economic power; given their control of 68% of the world's proven oil reserves, the nations in the cartel can set prices just about anywhere they choose...
Outworn Welcome. The P.R.G.'s decision to get rid of foreign newsmen appears to reflect a Communist belief that for the moment at least, less news or no news is good news. However, the P.R.G.'s public explanations have been vague. One polite official, Bui Huu Nhan, of the Committee for Foreign Affairs, told ten-year Saigon Veteran George Esper, "You have been here too long under the old regime. We want new people of our choice...
...tone if not in specifics, these adverse judgments reflect the view of Truman's contemporary enemies, who considered him a clay idol with human feet. The now beloved Missouri Democrat had the dubious distinction of scoring the lowest Gallup popular-approval rating (23%) ever accorded a President-lower even than Nixon's 24%. In fact, Harry Truman's entire career was riddled with paradox and contradiction. Although he was so scrupulous that even in the White House he used his own stamps on personal letters, Truman was the product of Boss Pendergast's corrupt Kansas City...
...shift to violence in Evanston and other U.S. schools? A number of Evanston parents blame the high school for not enforcing discipline and punishing offenders. "They're hushing things up," says Mrs. Winston Hough, who has two children in the school. "They're afraid it will reflect badly on their image." School officials blame an atmosphere of permissiveness in the home and a lack of respect for authority. "Some of the students simply don't feel that the punishment is great enough to deter them," says Security Chief Richard Goggins. "They have little fear of suspension. They...
...even rough justice." In fact, some vulnerable owners of negligent ships have rushed to litigate in U.S. courts in order to avoid harsher justice elsewhere. With good reason, a unanimous court concluded that the time had come for the U.S. to assess damages in admiralty cases so as to reflect whenever possible the relative degrees of fault...