Word: containment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...convention's procedural details. Senator Sam Ervin (D-N.C.) proposed and the Senate adopted just such a bill twice already, in 1971 and 1973, but the House never approved it. And there are legal precedents applicable to each question--for example, it seems probable a convention would contain one delegate from each congressional district and two elected at large from each state, using the precedent of the electoral college...
...larger concentrations, which must contend with a higher student-Faculty ratio, the reforms recommend that the departments offer special junior seminars conducted by Faculty members as an alternative to junior tutorials taught by teaching fellows. The seminars would contain a larger number of students than tutorials, thus sacrificing some of the intimacy of the small-group approach. Nevertheless, the seminar proposal would allow students the freedom to choose between small-group instruction and contact with an experienced professor...
...question is: How shall Taiwan's liberty be extinguished?" For both supporters and opponents of the new ties with China, the relationship represents a fundamental shift in United States goals in Asia. The conservatives believe the recognition of the People's Republic signals the end of U.S. attempts to contain Communism, while supporters of the move have been able to see no further than the act of recognition itself. The recent outbreak of war in Southeast Asia demonstrates the narrowness of that perspective...
...distress is tough to measure: at one point the experts were considering 18 hardship indexes. They are still undecided about what they will recommend when they make their final report next September, but it could contain some surprises, especially for liberals. One proposed index cited in the preliminary study showed that "hardship" actually declined between 1967 and 1976, even though the unemployment rate generally rose...
...President emphasized his battle against the No. 1 domestic problem, inflation, which is a "burden for all Americans, but a disaster for the poor, the sick and the old." To combat it, he singled out his bill to contain hospital costs; he claims the legislation would save Americans $60 billion over the next five years. Said he: "There will be no clearer test of the commitment of this Congress to the anti-inflation fight." He cited the need for deregulation of the railroad, bus and trucking industries after the successful liberation of the airlines from bureaucratic control...