Word: states
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...surprise that nostalgia will cause a baby boomer to fall in line with the dominant stereotype of the youth of today and decry the greedy, "antiseptic" state of the students he teaches. This shallowness is pretty standard in anything written lately about the "younger generation." It is a little strange, however, to see such a cursory treatment of the literature Professor Blumenthal, a teacher of poetry here, amply quotes...
...provisions of this ordinance shall be severable in all respects. The City Council shall, in the form of a home rule petition if required, request the state legislature to enact all measures necessary or convenient for implementing these provisions...
...direct influence on the material well-being of the people. Any cut in the military budget makes it possible to come more quickly out of our difficulties. The military is well aware of that. We are keeping the minimum required for maintaining the armed forces in a state of readiness to rebuff a possible aggressor. When the situation in the country is hard, everyone should do some belt tightening...
...fully accept that this parliament is the supreme body of state power. There is no other body in this country that can make major decisions on domestic and foreign policy. Our military, by the way, especially the command, is very disciplined and brought up in a spirit of respect for the bodies of power in this country. In the U.S., there are many who underestimate this factor and think that in the Soviet Union the highest military command can get its own way on major matters. This is absolutely out of the question. Your estimation of your own military would...
...happens, ten of the twelve other young families on their block in Issaquah are also from out of state. For the Cutlips are part of a "northward-ho!" movement of new settlers, mainly from California, who have been streaming by the tens of thousands toward the inviting frontier of the Pacific Northwest. The influx into dynamic areas like Seattle and, to a lesser extent, Portland, Ore., is urbanizing a once rural hinterland and intensifying the Northwest's already bitter debate over local growth...