Word: vis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Instead there is a lot of talk. Much of it in impenetrable spaceflight jargon. Scanners, deflectors, warp speed, linguacode-words like that are always being barked into the intercom. But it is never to the point: it is hard to decipher where the starship Enterprise stands vis-a-vis the mysterious intruder from outer space. When the crew are not jabbering in technocratese, they are into metaphysics, one of the characteristics of the old Star Trek television show and a major reason for its cult vogue among the half-educated...
...Curia, the Pope asked the Cardinals for proposals to improve its efficiency and harmony vis-á-vis the church in various nations. Despite rumors to the contrary, John Paul plans no big shake-up in structure like that by Paul VI in 1967, and he has kept incumbent officials in place. The secrecy of last week's meeting made it unclear what reforms the Cardinals proposed. Even so, the assembly was the clearest indication yet that the Pope from Poland intends to change the way the Vatican does business...
Nicole I. Sinek '80, another candidate for Radcliffe Class Marshal, has "mixed feelings" about the suggested joint election "because, even though Radcliffe Marshals do have additional jobs vis a vis Radcliffe that Harvard Marshals do not have, our class was admitted as a whole and not split into two colleges," Sinek said...
There is absolutely no reason for Jimmy Carter or any other presidential candidate to apologize for raising the matter of Chappaquiddick vis-a-vis Senator Kennedy...
Ford will introduce a front-wheel-drive subcompact code-named Erika by next fall. In the meantime it has just completed a costly effort to downsize its big gas-gulping Lincoln Mark VIs, Cougar XR-7s and Thunderbirds for the 1980 model year and to boost its fleet average fuel economy 13% to an industry high of 21.6 m.p.g. But for a while, Ford's only real strong points will be its overseas operations and its brisk truck business...