Word: weak
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fighting organization most Western observers believe commands the support of the majority of Namibians--has rightly refused to participate in elections held in the atmosphere of intimidation and repression South African guns would guarantee. A government established with the "help" of the South Africans would undoubtedly emerge with a weak confederation structure and representation along tribal lines. Such a government merely would insure continued political and economic dominance by the whites in the territory, who currently enjoy one of the world's highest standards of living. With these realities in mind, SWAPO has already announced plans to intensify its armed...
...legislature did not outlaw abortion, as it could not go against the 1975 Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade--a decision that many legal scholars have attacked as weak, and which may well be subject to reversal in the future. Rather, it simply stated that the state would not sanction, with public funds, a procedure it had judged to be immoral. Forced to accept abortion as legal, it refused to tolerate it as right, or to force the public to pay for it with their tax money...
...judge had to say, never checking anybody before he began to vilify." Rosenthal thinks the whole Jersey judicial establishment is after what one judge called "the imperialistic press." But says he, "if this goes through, every defense lawyer is going to say, 'If you've got a weak case, try the press...
...reasons for the last-minute shuffle are not hard to guess. Stuck with weak programs chosen by the previous NBC regime, Silverman was headed for a third-place finish in September. Replacement series now in production will not be ready until January, when Silverman will have new-and no doubt better-material to choose from. He has ordered up roughly 40 pilots since taking over the network in June. In the meantime, explains Dancer Fitzgerald Sample's senior vice president Lou Dor kin, "Silverman has to work with what he's got. He has to stunt like crazy...
...inequities at a reasonable cost. Each network may consist of several hospitals and cover a population area with tens of thousands of births a year. Each also has one or more fully staffed and equipped regional perinatal centers, complete with neonatal intensive care units for very tiny and very weak infants. The key to the system's success is to identify and treat women, while they are still pregnant, who are likely to have preemies or sickly babies, rather than rushing the problem infants to the centers after birth. Participating physicians conduct coordinated screening programs, looking especially for women...