Word: spiritism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Three Mile Island, experts from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) had to assess somberly the risks of every feasible step, weigh them against the dangers of waiting too long, and act only after satisfying themselves that they had a reasonably clear idea of what to do. The same spirit ought to govern the public and its leaders in the intense debate about the future of nuclear power that is now beginning...
...threat of separatism by pointing to the determination of Levesque's Parti Quebecois as "a stark, cold reality." Since Trudeau could hardly assert that his stewardship has brought Canadians prosperity and tranquillity, he chose to launch a broadside offensive. He portrayed the country as imperiled by "a growing spirit of egotism and selfishness" and declared in Montreal: "It's impossible to have a united Canada without a strong central government." Dismissing Clark as a "feeble echo" of provincial Premiers who are hungry to expand their powers at Ottawa's expense, Trudeau cast himself as the champion...
...with telecasters, as far as the New York University Phi Beta Kappa could see, was that ex-jock commentators on networks other than ABC don't talk too good. They "consider it a monumental task to utter a simple declarative sentence," complained Howard. Was the statue of the Spirit of Justice behind Cosell throwing her arms up to signal unsportsmanlike conduct...
Cindy Robbins '80, a CSAAS member, said last night she expected Thursday's demonstration "to begin an impetus of spirit that will carry through" to Monday's boycott...
...school, Richard A. Guthrie '80, a member of the Committee to Strengthen Afro-American Studies (CSAAS), told the ralliers "we pledge out deeper commitment to the spirit of Afro-American Studies and to the struggles against racist oppression and its pomposity couched in supposedly responsible, morally bankrupt enclaves the world over...