Word: regardless
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ludicrous to expect that black Africans should willingly accept a hostile, racially alien nation on their continent, regardless of "historic rights." After all, would we tolerate such an entity in our own midst? In light of our own history of racial repression, not to mention the attempted eradication of native Americans and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, I would have to think...
Economy is not the only consideration. Many woodburners point out that a log fire is virtually nonpolluting. They also speak with pride of a new-found self-sufficiency; regardless of Carter, Congress and OPEC, they know that their families will not freeze this winter...
...Riots: "If, in your judgment, your presence is clearly inspiring, continuing or intensifying a dangerous, or potentially dangerous, disturbance, cap your cameras and conceal your microphones regardless of what other news organizations may do ... Avoid coverage of 1) self-designated 'leaders' if they appear to represent only themselves or 2) any individuals or groups who are clearly 'performing.' " Had these rules been in force, how different might the history of the 1960s have been...
...abortion, 48% said it was not while 44% said it was. This pro-abortion majority comes from men who accept it by a ratio of 52 to 41, while women still oppose it, 47 to 44. A far larger majority (64%, including 58% of all Catholics) believe that regardless of morality a woman should be legally free to have an abortion if she wants one. But a majority (58%) also agree with President Carter's view that Government funds should not be used to finance elective abortions for the poor...
...being explained. Pondering data from a massive study of coronary problems in five different areas-Framingham, Mass., Honolulu, San Francisco, Evans County, Ga., and Albany, N.Y.-Statistician Tavia Gordon of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., noticed an unusual correlation. Virtually all those with heart disease-regardless of age, sex or racial background-also had reduced levels of a substance called high-density lipoprotein (HDL) in their blood. By contrast, those free of atherosclerosis showed remarkably elevated HDL counts...