Word: shapes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt succeeded in pushing through a mandatory minimal competency test for high school graduation?normally one of those awful contests between reflexive liberals, who oppose standardized testing as unfair, and the Marines of morality, who want everyone to shape up. Strongly opposed by some blacks and teachers, Hunt tried to persuade the state that he did not wish to punish anyone but simply wanted to establish some basic levels of competence in education. When simple persuasion did not work, Hunt tried
...against the Panama Canal Treaties, anathema to many middle-of-the-roaders?and lost narrowly. Now he is cranking up a major effort against the ratification of SALT II. Viguerie, who studied political science at the University of Houston in his home town, is a dedicated conservative who helps shape the movement's strategy. "We're still a bit on the sidelines," he says, "but our time will come...
...Detroit's gas-gulping monarchs, came off the line at the company's Wixom, Mich., plant on June 8. Last week the plant turned out its successor, the Mark VI. It is 14 in. shorter, 800 lbs. lighter, gets 14 m.p.g., and is somewhat boxier in shape. Yet all is not lost for big-car lovers. Beside the mite-size models filling the highways today, even the down-sized Mark VI looks gargantuan...
...takes on the moods of the man in the office. His purposes become policy by osmosis. His sense of urgency regulates the administrative speed. The food he likes shows up on menus at state dinners, and the Marine Band magically plays his favorite tunes. The very words he uses shape the language of his time in power...
...focal point of these regional tensions. Its foreign ventures have cost Hanoi dearly. Contrary to their expectations, Vietnamese military commanders have seen their Cambodian campaign extend well into the rainy season, and there is no end in sight. Viet Nam's own economy is in bad shape, in part because of the Cambodia war, but also because of several bad crop years compounded by gross mismanagement. Viet Nam suffered enormous damage to its northern provinces during its fierce one-month war with China. Factories, schools, office buildings and other structures were demolished. Though the war has been over...