Word: constraints
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most tangible constraint on the use of American force is the War Powers Act, passed in the wake of the war in Viet Nam. Every President during the ten years the law has been on the books has disputed the constitutionality of its provision that the President cannot deploy troops in combat situations for more than 60 days without the approval of Congress, and the Supreme Court has not ruled conclusively on the issue. Reagan informed Congress of the invasion of Grenada, as required by the law, but refrained from indicating compliance with the 60-day requirement. The Senate voted...
...standards of accuracy. Nevertheless, it is an irresistibly instant cross-section of the electorate. "The Globe reporters were just salivating for the results of the polls." Stewart says. The magic percentages offer a sense of "momentum" in mid-race. Polls may be superficial; momentum may be an artificial constraint on the democratic process, which after all is not the race but the final tally. But it is something easy and cohesive to report...
...World War II was the beginning of the unthinkable. The Bomb became the black presiding presence in the world: in the logic of arms race and nuclear deterrence, the wild id of the world was made to function as superego; the very terror of the thing enforced constraint. Evil will make us be good. The world lived with it, the alternative being the threat of planetary death. The image of such global cessation was arresting. So the unthinkable came to be not only thinkable but endlessly and eloquently conjured, by cold statistics, projections of megadeaths, and a procession of movie...
...epicenter of the paradox lies in the everlasting clash of constraint (unlimited government control) with freedom (unlimited license to people). China's leadership knows that China cannot go forward without huge grants of initiative to its people. But the clash begins at the very bottom, in the danwei, the lowest-level building block of the party's control, which denies every grace of liberty to its members...
Despite this constraint, the IDAF has continued to exert a strong influence in South Africa. During a recent testimonial dinner in Cambridge. Woods spoke in emotional terms of "the hundreds of people I know of " whom the IDAF has helped. And a Black South Africa studying in this area who asked not to be identified says the IDAF "has saved lives. Supported countless families of prisoners and proved to be a big thorn in the side of the government...