Word: scientists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fantasy world of dragons, child warriors and ancient sages is beautiful and entertaining, but it is not the kind of imagination which will save our world--the real world--from nothingness. It does not encourage, at least not directly, scientific, political and social imagination. In fact, the only scientist in the film--very clearly identified as such--turns out to be weakwilled and cowardly, an observer but certainly not a positive visionary...
...analogy most often drawn is John Kennedy's election in 1960 as the first Roman Catholic President. "The nomination of a woman," says University of North Carolina Political Scientist Schley Lyons, "will have the same kind of impact. Being a Catholic is no longer a factor. If a woman gets elected, it will make it a lot easier for future female politicians to succeed." The first Catholic nominated for President, however, was Al Smith, in 1928, who lost to Herbert Hoover; it was 32 years before another Catholic was nominated and won the White House...
...vote to freeze spending on all domestic programs. Southern Democrats seek to contain Communism in Central America, while Northern Democrats look at El Salvador and see Viet Nam. No center holds. "The party is floundering because it lacks a vision of where it is going," says Duke University Political Scientist James David Barber. "Where there is no vision, the parties perish...
...visit to Nicaraguan leaders in Managua two months ago. It seemed to many Hondurans that Washington might be angling to resolve its differences with Nicaragua privately, peaceably, and over their heads. "At the insistence of the U.S., Honduras has been taking a hard line," points out a Honduran political scientist. "And now we're being made to look like fools...
Wilson is a distinguished political scientist and certainly one of the finest of his generation," said Chairman of the UCLA Political Science Department, Richard Sissen. "His work has been extremely influential in the field, and in terms of public policy the things he writes command respect...