Word: vacuumed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...country's deepest moral problems is that Americans now possess - and take the responsibility for - so little of them selves. Government and other specialists have appropriated too much of their lives. Such an individual sense might help to fill the vacuum of national purpose in which Americans have operated for some time. The exclusive pursuit of the good life does not ultimately add up to much of a raison...
...Recently, however, after reviewing the functioning of the Fund, I discovered that the fund would not actually fill a vacuum," he wrote, adding that "because the College's equal access policy covers foreign as well as American students, the Biko Fund money would actually serve as a substitute for money already forthcoming from the College financial aid office...
This strategy was based upon an assumption that international students were treated substantially differently in the financial aid process than were American students and that a special fund for South African black students would fill a financial vacuum for these students. Recently however, after reviewing the functioning of the Fund. I discovered that the Fund would not actually fill a vacuum. Indeed, because the College's equal access policy covers foreign as well as American students, the Biko Fund money would actually serve as a substitute for money already forthcoming from the College financial aid office. From this realization...
...military policy is formulated in a vacuum; defense spending is partly a function of perceived foreign military threats; in our case, this reads the Soviet Union. It therefore comes as no surprise that budget comparisons between the competing superpowers are made. However, such comparisons are commonly overdrawn and, indeed, may be very misleading...
...sure, does not exist in a vacuum; its troubles are a symptom of a wider malaise. The White House shapes the policy in which the CIA plays a vital part. If there is indecision at the top and lack of a coherent strategy, the CIA will not be properly employed...