Word: basics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Senate chaplain seemed to be seeking forgiveness for the dilatory and disorderly conduct. "Father in heaven, we are here under duress," intoned the Rev. Richard Halverson. "But we imposed this on ourselves." The flagellation was fully justified. Congress had shrugged off difficult decisions for months, failing even to finance basic governmental functions. With the pre-election adjournment approaching, it had swung into a belated frenzy of partisan maneuvering that produced only gridlock. Four of its self-imposed deadlines slipped past...
...agree that Clark has effected a change in Interior's style. Says John McComb, conservation director of the Sierra Club: "Clark doesn't have the confrontational, arrogant attitude of Watt." But that adjustment, McComb says, is a "public relations game." The report maintains that "Watt's basic policies remain substantially unchanged." Among the points covered...
...claim that Harvard presently enjoys any degree of autonomy if its very actions are so limited because of the fear of corporate reprisal? What freedoms do we have as an institution if we are barred from taking the most basic of moral stands? If we cannot apply even minimal pressure, then what likelihood is there that United States companies will take seriously our views on corporate behavior? Of what use is the intensive dialogue which Bok speaks of so highly, if we refuse to offer incentives to corporations to make concrete changes...
...basic problems of Fisher and Williams were shared by all women at that time. All women were to obey either a husband or a father. Marriage was based on "money, connections and birth," with heiresses and wealthy widows considered the most valuable prizes. Arranged marriages prevailed over choices based on live. In addition to these matrimonial limitations, the Lawes Resolutions spelled out the legal framework for marriage: a husband's property was his own but a wife's was her husband's. A woman lost her dower if she committed adultery, but men retained their jointures (settlements on the marriage...
...part of an effort to keep life simple, especially when simplicity swims increasingly out of reach. The simple life, too is a basic American myth, but it was a lot closer to being realized before the age of genetic finagling, test-tube babies and nuclear arms. Complex social problems do not harry pioneers. The constant conflict between capitalism and Christianity, for examaple, could be resolved, at least in words, by the figure of the rugged individual who gives to charity of his free will, not by paying his taxes. No socialists here. Perhaps we just seek to preserve our distinctiveness...