Word: valid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...psychology may be taken a little too straight out of Erik Erikson, or even Gail Sheehy, and the plot verges on the melodramatic (it takes a boating accident to seal the bargain of friendship between the generations). But emotionally On Golden Pond is no less valid for being something of a cliche. Anyway, the characters are so strong that the piece does not play as a cliché. Hepburn, for example may have a less chewy part than has Fonda, but the briskness of her manner, her well-justified image as a no-nonsense individualist who is nevertheless a good...
...Many valid objections to unilateral disarmament exist; for the most part, they boil down to one common idea. That without the deterrent offered by nuclear weapons, the Russians will be free to walk all over us in the world, and perhaps even in this nation. While we think the lessons of Vietnam and Afghanistan may show that chance is not as great as some think, we recognize the distinct advantages for all concerned of bilateral disarmament. As first steps, our administration should work for a verifiable ban on all test explosions and on flight tests of guidance systems. We should...
...Roman Catholic Church hardly ever recognizes a divorce, or a second marriage while the original spouse is living. But those who wish to remarry and remain Catholics in good standing may seek an annulment, in which the church rules that a valid marriage never existed in the first place. Once a rarity, annulments in the U.S. have grown from a mere 338 in 1968 to around 32,000 last year. In the Vatican last week the International Canon Law Commission sent to Pope John Paul for approval the final draft of a new code that would slow down U.S. annulment...
...College Board have not fully disclosed the potential benefits of coaching," Gerrity says. The report also raises questions about "how useful schools should find a test that appears not to be very standardized" and "how much high school education has become oriented toward a test that may not be valid for a lot of students," she adds. Yet admissions officers do not question ETS's practices, describing the company in such terms as "eminently reputable" and "honorable...
...current school committee has developed a set of criteria that can best dictate who should be maintained and who fired considering the limited resources, Attles explains--and she sees this formula, not strict seniority, as the most valid criteria...