Word: tenets
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...nearly two centuries, this separation of powers has been celebrated and affirmed as a fundamental tenet of the U.S. democratic system. But it has not always worked out so neatly in the rough-and-tumble of Washington politics. During the past 50 years, the theoretically crisp lines of authority have become more blurred, due largely to a device called a "legislative veto." Under this controversial maneuver, Congress drafts a statute broadly but incorporates a provision calling for review of the Executive Branch's implementation of the law. The provision permits one or both houses of Congress-or even...
Gould should know that a basic tenet of scientific method is that phenomena must be repeatable and verifiable through observation. The law of gravity is easily verifiable; the concept of evolution remains only a theory precisely because it cannot be repeated and verified through observation...
Never before, however, has a President made pessimism about the existing state of the military balance a basic tenet of his world view and program. Reagan has said repeatedly, including in his star wars speech last month, that the U.S.S.R. enjoys a "margin of superiority...
...research free-form and serendipitous. He consulted no scholars: "I just never wanted to cross that bridge and go over to the museum and put myself in the hands of a curator." His liberties include the ancient Egyptians' belief in physical reincarnation and mental telepathy (they held neither tenet). One Egyptologist gives Mailer mixed marks on his homework, particularly criticizing "his cannibalized or bastardized forms of good ancient Egyptian names." Two of Mailer's main characters are named Menenhetet I and II; according to the specialist, the names should have been Mentuhotep or Amenemhat...
...greater challenge involves changing a basic tenet of the U.S. auto industry that was laid down in 1921 by Alfred P. Sloan, creator of the modern GM: produce a separate and distinct automobile for every price category. Since Chrysler can no longer afford the $1 billion it costs to build an entirely new model, it will eventually have to use its basic model, the K-car, as the building block for each of its four car sizes: subcompact, compact, intermediate and full size. Thus buyers have to be re-educated not to mind that their luxurious Chrysler may have started...