Word: statics
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...whether of race or of class--that operates within a system of "semi-immutable power relationships." He calls instead for action to bring human life to its full development, regardless of changes in power relationships which this will involve. "Human relationships," says Wright, "are not to be conceived in static terms...
...eloquent body of precepts suddenly flowed from the mouth of an illiterate merchant in 7th century Mecca. The book of 77,934 words, memorized by millions for 50 generations, embodies much of Judaism and Christianity, which sprang out of the same awe-inspiring desert. Both simpler and more static, Islam postulates a fixed way of life ordained by God and transmitted to man through a series of mortal messengers (prophets), notably Adam, Abraham, Moses and Jesus. Until Mohammed, man misinterpreted the message, but the Prophet revealed it correctly. He permitted Moslems four wives (he had about a dozen) and invented...
...concern. Last week, the board of trustees did an about-face. In a report using words that it had once rejected vehemently, it declared that the shortage of doctors is reaching "alarming proportions," and called for "an immediate and unprecedented increase." It urged medical schools whose enrollments have remained static to figure out ways of admitting more students "in the light of national demand," also called on the five schools of osteopathy that are still independent to convert into regular medical schools...
Their decision to merge into a $2.7 billion-a-year telecommunications giant has brought International Telephone and Telegraph Corp. and the American Broadcasting Companies nothing but static. The Federal Communications Commission approved the merger last December, but only by a bitterly divided 4-to-3 margin that failed to silence objections from Congress and the Justice Department's Antitrust Division. As the clamor mounted, the FCC finally agreed in March to take another look...
...with Love attempts to blend realism and idealism, an unstable mixture. Some scenes, for example a museum visit shown in still pictures, are as static as a photograph album. Still, even the weak moments are saved by Poitier, who invests his role with a subtle warmth. In the end, he makes his point: the world can use more Sirs...