Word: soundness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Senate's approval of the Panama Canal neutrality treaty was, in spite of the "reservations," a step in the right direction [March 27]. Arguments both for and against the treaties are sound. However, it merely requires simple logic to ascertain that while ratification of these treaties will not necessarily guarantee perpetual euphoria, failure to do so can only induce grim repercussions. Panama is a time bomb that the Senate must defuse with caution, by approving the resolution of ratification...
...attributed a myriad of social phenomena to genetics, such as male dominance to cranium size. Many of these theories have been discarded as a result of an overwhelming amount of evidence supporting nurture over nature, but at least the method of investigation used by these now discredited sociologists was sound--that is, the scientists pondering the influence of biological determinism on human beings were indeed those scientists who actually studied human beings and societies...
...that one would have cost about $1,000 in 1454 and possibly could be sold for $1 million today. That appreciation corresponds to only 1.3% per year at compound interest over the period, which does not make it sound like a great investment...
House Calls' biggest drawback, however, is the lack of chemistry between its two stars. In principle Matthau and Jackson sound like a Tracy-Hepburn love match, but in practice they don't give off many sparks. Matthau's performance is a less vibrant version of the character he played in Pete 'n' Tillie; he gets his laughs, but he doesn't command the screen. Jackson, though handed an opportunity ro run away with the film, merely tries to charm the audience to death...
State and city leaders like to brag that the surpluses are due to sound financial management. It is not idle boasting, but an even more important reason is the nation's economic recovery, which has raised the take from income and sales taxes. During the recession, most states and cities cut spending deeply, and generally they continued to hold back during the early days of the rebound. Last year revenues surged far ahead of spending, giving the states especially the pleasant problem of what to do with the money...