Word: seem
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seem to Jimmy Carter as he plunges further in polls...
...abrupt new liberalization of the Great Leap Outward was just as abruptly slowed down this spring, many officials drew the old and painful lesson that today's official line may be tomorrow's heresy. Says a U.S. Sinologist who has recently visited several provinces: "Chinese officials seem to have decided that things are still far too uncertain and that they've got to play it safe and look out for No. 1." To a growing minority of officials with an appetite for the good life, that means not only pressing foreigners for favors, but also siphoning...
...despite the progress Radcliffe has made in remolding its administration and allocating its money, its effectiveness as an institution for undergraduates remains in doubt. Although its projects may be excellent, their bearing on undergraduate life seems minimal at best. Lyman admits that Radcliffe's programs seem more prominent outside the campus--"the freshman might not know we exist at all." She insists, however, that the Board is trying to concentrate on improving undergraduate life by building the athletic center at the Quad, channeling money into an Office for the Arts, and sponsoring speakers in a Radcliffe Forum program, among other...
...weekly meetings, the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR) concluded the University should refrain from introducing shareholder resolutions in companies operating in South Africa except as a "last resort." The report concluded that "action" resolutions, calling on companies to take specic steps to further racial progress in South Africa, "seem to us to be relatively ineffective." Some students criticized the report, saying if the ACSR recognized the ineffectiveness of shareholder resolutions, then the logical next step should be divestiture...
...issues never die. On Capitol Hill, they don't even seem to fade away...