Word: relevantizing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The problem, however, lies much deeper than such a superficial attempt at conflict-management can resolve. It will remain a problem even if Bok succeeds in naming someone from the department to the advisory board. Bok gave assurances that the department would have an input into the development of the...
THE BEST pieces in this collection are good not because they are "relevant," though they hit upon every solid issue the American left has argued in the 20th century. They are worth reading because Lamont is authentic--he is there on the courtroom floor, on the picket line, at the...
None of these actions were based on statute. In fact, there seem to be only two laws directly relevant to presidential papers. The Presidential Libraries Act of 1955 authorized the GSA to accept for deposit historical materials of any Chief Executive. The 1969 Tax Reform Act outlawed deductions for any...
The Constitution authorizes Congress to make rules and regulations about disposition of property belonging to the U.S. Though there has never been a court ruling putting presidential papers in that category, a 1959 case involving Vice Admiral Hyman Rickover may be relevant. Rickover sought to bar M.B. Schnapper, a historian...
Out of historical context, the statement might seem frank and even commendable in its adherence to international co-operation. But in fact, the OAS is not a confederation of equal states, each of them respecting collective decisions, as it would have to be for Ford's statement to make sense...