Word: vastness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...freewheeling days of J. Edgar Hoover are over. Now Congress and the Executive branch must find ways to limit the FBI's activities and prevent future abuses of its vast powers. Last week several experts gave their recommendations to Democrat Frank Church's Senate Intelligence Committee. The proposals fell into four categories...
...threatening or angry. He did not speculate on what the future might hold for himself or the world, but he left no doubt that in his mind China, for all its problems, was the center of the world. The vast differences in the social systems of the U.S. and China came up now and then, but this slid by almost unnoticed because of the unusual coincidence of the two countries' other interests around the globe. Some of the Americans were startled at how closely Mao's idea of the state of the world fitted with theirs. In spite...
...recite a familiar litany of sins that they believe are being committed by the First World against them: imperialism, unjust exploitation of resources, arrogance, waste and neocolonialism. Last month Nyerere told a meeting of the Commonwealth Society in London: "I am saying that it is not right that the vast majority of the world's people should be forced into the position of beggars, without dignity. We demand change, and the only question is whether it comes by dialogue or confrontation...
...farmers must also be allowed to charge enough for their crops to give them the material rewards for increased output. Labor-intensive manufacturing, using simple machinery-perhaps even the spinning wheel advocated by India's Mohandas Gandhi-should be located in rural areas to use productively the vast armies of underemployed...
...Buddy O'Neil is a teacher and a doer--not only does he possess a vast knowledge of the game, but he can break it down to the necessary fundamentals at any level. I've always been impressed by Buddy's outstanding ability to relate to both his players and fellow coaches...