Word: vacuumed
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...trying to break new legal ground. In the past, "offshore" mutual funds-the IOS-managed type that raise money abroad but invest it in the U.S.-have operated in a regulatory vacuum. No government believed that it had full jurisdiction over them. The SEC contends that a U.S. court can assert authority over foreign-headquartered funds for a variety of reasons, among them a principle in international law that a country can halt activity occurring outside its borders if it "causes an effect" within those borders. If the SEC can make that claim stick, the offshore funds' freedom from...
...scientists refined their measurement skills, they realized more and more the significance of light's speed. By the time it was established that all electromagnetic waves move at the velocity of light in a vacuum, that speed was recognized as a constant of nature. Einstein's theories hold that nothing in the universe can ever move faster. The constant (represented by the letter c) appears in his famous equation E=mc², the formula for the conversion of mass into energy, which was grimly proven July 16, 1945 in the first atomic blast at Alamogordo...
...ground, is the penultimate piece on "The Need for NAPPI" (Negroes and Practical Politics, Inc.). Here Bond delineates his plan for collating technical assistance for blacks seeking elective office. The idea is a sound and useful one and could go far toward alleviating the disadvantages of the experiential vacuum in which black candidates and office-holders must operate. NAPPI could give a wholesome new complexion to the black body politic...
...fake issue contained a lead news story announcing Kissinger's return, a reaction story from Harvard luminaries, a brief biography of Kissinger, and an analysis investigating who would fill the national power vacuum left by Kissinger's departure...
That final week of battle was unusual for the 92nd Congress. For the most part it had been marked by standoffs. With Nixon devoting most of his energies to international rather than domestic affairs, Congress had often operated in a power vacuum. Important bills died, several for want of White House support. Among the victims...