Word: subjection
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...House Government Operations Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affaris held hearings on the subject of grassroots lobbying. Congressman Benjamin Rosenthal (D-N.Y.), chairman of the subcommittee, estimated that "substantially more than $1 billion is spent each year by all interest groups on grassroots lobbying." A very high percentage of this is spent by corporations and trade associations. It takes the form of print and electronic media advertisements as well as communications with employees and shareholders. Questions of public policy are discussed, a position is advocated and often letters to Congressmen are urged...
...version of public discussion--asking people to "read my letters"--has proven unsatisfactory and evasive. If he is truly committed to promoting reasoned debate on the subject of divestiture, he now had a perfect opportunity to prove it by accepting Tsongas's challenge...
Eliminating Amtrak routes will reduce patronage on connecting routes, making them subject to discontinuance, and eventually killing all rail passenger service. This is, of course, what Carter wants...
...MOST COMMONLY-USED model in applications is the "cusp," a three-dimensional structure dependent upon two variables or "control factors" with a third dimension, the "behavior axis," displaying the subject's reaction to these two factors...
...accompanying diagram consider a point constrained to move along the surface subject to the value of both variables. A change in either control factor from (a) to (b), (a) to (c) or (b) to (e) produce only a continuous change in behavior, represented by a gradual rise or fall along the vertical axis. An increase in factor 2 from (c) to (d), however, results in a sudden drop to (a) on the surface below, once the point crossed the edge of the fold at (d). This dramatic plunge is a catastrophe and signifies a discontinuous "jump" in behavior from...