Word: approachable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have spent the past year working out a synthesis of the most desirable in both central government and home rule. The purpose [of the new federalism] is to come to grips with a paradox: a need for both national unity and local diversity. The new federalists . . . are using an approach best described as 'national localism...
...first, Brandt's approach seemed to have little effect on the Christian Democratic opposition, which accused him of breaking with West Germany's historic stand on unification. Under a succession of C.D.U. Chancellors, Bonn asserted its claim to be the sole legitimate representative of the German people, East or West, and held that unification could come about only through free elections in East Germany. In the post-address debate, former Chancellor Kurt Kiesinger cried that "We want not only the achievement of national unity but also the unity of state as well." One delegate even accused the Chancellor...
...when they take to the field that Stram's Chiefs take on their true color. In an age when most college and pro coaches are emulating the bedrock approach popularized by Woody Hayes and Lombardi, Stram is an inveterate innovator who likes to "put a new wrinkle into almost every game." Among Stram's inventions: the "moving pocket," which allows the quarterback to maneuver without abandoning his protection; the "triple stack" defense, which puts 290-lb. Tackle Buck Buchanan nose-on-nose with the offensive center and lets the linebackers work in tandem with the remaining three linemen...
...didn't happen that way," Halaby recalls. "There was no windmilling, no power and no gear, except by hand-crank. I began cranking fast on my way down. I got in the final twist, and the landing gear went down just as I was turning for the final approach to the runway...
...social criticism upon; the human realities it involves require a concern with personal experience, with the roots of neurosis and schizophrenia. At first Fuller seems to ignore those roots; his direct dialogue and shooting style seem typical of B- picture sensationalism. But the simplicity of his dramatic and visual approach does not bar a truthful and deep treatment of his subject, however much it initially seems to lack subtlety...