Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Salisbury and would take the primary responsibility for bringing it about. In fact, she and her Cabinet colleagues had worked out the Tory government's African position before the conference began. But by publicly announcing it at the Lusaka summit, in response to African demands, she made it seem as though she had heeded Commonwealth views...
Wriston's argument overlooks that, rightly or wrongly, many Americans believe that the free market no longer is really free, that in fact it is manipulated not only by Government but also by large private corporations. Also, he ignores that in the battle against inflation, people seem quite willing to sacrifice at least some of their individual liberty. But the danger is that as inflation roars on, they may be willing to sacrifice so much more of it that the Republic could become a totally different kind of society. For Wriston is quite right when he argues that economic...
...people have waited hundreds of years to be where we are today, and in the flow of things, we tend to take "straight" people in stride. It would be nice though to think that Harvard could truly engender the integrity and morality which "Veritas" would seem to promise. Bradley Prunty HDS Lesbian and Gay Caucus
While the companies' earnings are indeed up sharply, they seem especially large because the percentages represent comparisons with the first half of 1978 when profits were soft as a result of a worldwide oil glut. But there is no doubt that the companies have reaped a bonanza from the 60% runup in OPEC prices since January. For example, about 30% of U.S.-produced oil is, in effect, uncontrolled When world oil prices go up, the price of this uncontrolled crude rises right along them. But the companies assert that most of their profits come from operations overseas, where...
...women but would discourage gay customers. She has succeeded: the current stage show appears to strike the right sensual chords for women of all ages but attracts few male patrons. The revue also hits the right cash register keys: 150 to 200 customers flock to each performance. The audiences seem a notably wholesome and ordinary cross section of women. Entire tables are booked for "bachelorette" and birthday parties, and one large group celebrated a just-obtained divorce of one of its members there. A throng of female bus drivers from Chicago convened at the Shack, and a group of nurses...