Word: reflectivity
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Slightly stooped, bald, armed with a cane, the granitic old man still gets up early every morning for an hour of prayer and meditation. At his age, any man would have much to reflect on. He has more than most. Perhaps he remembers the wartime meetings with Roosevelt and Churchill, the great victories and the shattering defeats. Perhaps he also recalls one of his favorite lines from the Confucian scholar Mencius, which he used to quote to his aides: "If, on self-examination, I find that I am upright, I will go forward against thousands and tens of thousands...
...vote did not reflect the mood of the country, either. Only 30% of Britons favored joining the Common Market, according to the latest Louis Harris poll, while 49% were opposed. Some anti-Marketeers were fearful of what Wilson called "blackleg labor" from the Continent at a time of 3.9% unemployment, high by British standards. Housewives were worried that the Common Market's steep agricultural tariffs would send food prices soaring. British fishermen, distressed by rules that open the waters of one nation to the trawlers of all, recently held a sail-in off Brighton, displaying banners that read SAVE...
...feelings toward the universities are not as bitter or strong as some other candidates, and his views reflect a large measure of common sense on that subject. "The city first should prevent any more expansion by use of strict zoning ordinances. Cambridge really has enough people. But Harvard and MIT are and could be much more exciting to the city--they could become a source of life to the city," he said...
...differences among the Baha'is here reflect the growing diversity of the faith on a national and world level. In recent years, rapid expansion has occurred in many parts of the world. The United States community has doubled itself in the last year; this growth has come significantly among youth and among numerous minorities, including blacks, Chicanos and American Indians...
Perhaps more important, the caliber of the President's prospective appointees re-emphasizes his disdain for the court, The President has every right to name Justices who he expects will reflect his constitutional philosophy, but there is no shortage of better-qualified judicial talent among both Southern and women jurists. Unhappily, not one of Nixon's candidates has attained or even approached judicial distinction...