Word: sustainability
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...vote-284 for in the House v. 135 against; a more decisive 75 to 18 in the Senate-overrode a Nixon veto for the first time in 1973. Until this vote, Congress had failed to sustain its will over the President's on nine other measures this year. Political analysts were quick to read into the override a new low in Nixon's authority. While such a drop has undoubtedly occurred, a more important reason for this particular congressional victory was a far-reaching consensus, even among some of Nixon's supporters, that the sole branch...
Some Americans who have read The Tale of Kieu in French have objected to its "unhappy" ending. Although Kieu had pledged to marry the scholar Kim Trong, she found upon her return from 15 years adrift that she could not sustain more than a platonic relationship. At the time the disaster struck Kieu's family, Kim had been performing mourning rites for a relative in a distant province for several years. Kieu's parents and her sister Van, whom she had asked to marry Kim before she left home, insisted that Kieu follow through with her marriage pledge. Kieu finally...
...should therefore be abolished. The argument advanced by those who favor the restoration of the ROTC on the grounds that it is undemocratic to prevent those who want ROTC training from getting it is completely invalid for this reason: Public funds in large amounts are used in order to sustain the ROTC, which not only renders no public service, but does the exact opposite. This argument, it seems to me, is just as invalid as would be the argument that public funds should be paid to potential criminals in orders to prevent them from robbing banks...
...telephone interview from Washington yesterday, Sterns called the issuance of the subpoena "a Republican effort to sustain themselves following three months of damaging testimony...
...sputtering offense has shown flashes of competence at midfield but hasn't been able to sustain scoring drives. Senior quarterback George Jerina, who has missed all of his varsity career because of a knee injury, and senior Ray Roach have split time at the Terrier helm...