Word: unlessness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Congress will not, however, allow confusion to deter. Instead, it is trying to legislate its confusion with a series of stalling actions. First the Senate, then the House voted to block Administration plans to put Kuwaiti tankers under U.S. Navy protection unless they got a report from the President on the risks and dangers. A report is due soon, which means Congress might actually have to make a decision on a plan that the Administration first presented to the Senate Armed Services Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee in March. At which time, pre-Stark, congressional leaders showed little...
...come back to the U.S. to be near his maternal uncle Benn Crader, a man in his 50s and an eminent botanist, revered by fellow specialists for his work on Arctic lichens. Kenneth's obsession with Benn stems from a conviction that "you have no reason to exist unless you believe you can make your life a turning point. A turning point for everybody -- for humankind." The nephew feels his uncle has single-mindedly pursued such a path and might be an appropriate guide: "I thought, Would it be possible to bring to the human world what Uncle brought...
Changes in the way the government functions have thrust the press into a more influential political role, Kalb says. "No policy of this government--or any administration--can succeed in this democracy unless the people understand and support the policy, no matter how brilliantly conceived," he says...
...reasonable to expect Harvard Real Estate, Inc. to remain quiet before it makes a purchase in order to prevent the seller from realizing Harvard's intentions and boosting the sale price. But there's no excuse for secrecy after purchases are made--unless the University is trying to keep the rest of Cambridge from knowing one simple fact: namely, that Harvard is entering a new phase of institutional expansion...
...government cannot function cloaked in secrecy," said Hamilton. "It cannot function unless officials tell the truth. The Constitution only works when the two branches of government trust one another and cooperate...