Word: solidness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...theorist he has warned against confusing superficial signs of democracy with real political development. Americans, he has written, in their search for political stability in emerging nations tend to resort to military strong men or the formal device of elections instead of building a political party, the only truly solid political institution. Will the Saigon junta ever allow the creation of a strong political party which can compete with the one organized party in South Vietnam, the NLF? Fox Butterfield, 5G Eric Widner
...next quarter and a half it was solid defensive soccer, with both goalies, Columbia's Doug Watt and Harvard's sophomore sensation Dick Locksley, trading fine saves. Gray and his running-mate Dave Wright looked good for Harvard in their first real test of the season outside of the Amherst debacle three weeks...
...reformers have solid answers: not by public indifference but by more birth control information and family support. Not by moral absolutes toward unwed pregnancy but by moral concern for each concrete situation. Not by punitive laws but by medical freedom to help panicky women make rational choices-and if need be, have safe, early, cheap abortions. For both mother and fetus, the reform movement holds, such is the real due process required. Much of this might come about simply by more liberal interpretation of existing state laws. Court cases going back to 1929 give U.S. doctors almost the exclusive right...
...Japanese. Alaska's fish and wildlife experts knew as long ago as the winters of 1963 and 1965 that bad times were coming. For one thing, there were disastrous freezes in each of those years; such streams as the Nass and Skeena froze solid. When the spring thaws came, most of the young salmon that survived the ice were swept away with their gravel nurseries...
...Governments alone will be eligible to use S.D.R. and even then only to settle international debts in limited quantity. The idea is to test the plan gently at first by creating between $1 billion and $2 billion worth of S.D.R. a year over a five-year period. But a solid decision remains some years...