Word: knowingly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...called him a man beloved by his people, be it in the Persian Gulf, where Carter stated without a gulp America's willingness to trade lives for oil, the Carter foreign policy has been disaster, brightened only by the Camp David summit. Young men born in 1960 and 1961 know this most clearly; called upon to register for the draft as a show of support for Carter's immoral adventurism, hundreds of thousands refused, and many others gave their names only for fear of the penalties...
...Gang also savaged Confucius' once-untouchable reputation. "I don't know why they did it, except that he was a scholar and they didn't want people to be educated," Lynn says. In fact, since the overthrow of the Gang, which had drastically deemphasized higher education, college enrollment has mushroomed, and Lynn predicts the trend will ease pressure on high school students...
...quietly but perceptibly improved. The supplies of meat, oil and other goods have skyrocketed since the new government stopped rationing and emphasized consumer goods, Bing says, adding "Leaders are more concerned with standards of living than with the ideological movements of a few years before. Most people I know think it's a positive change...
...reconcile relations with the Soviet Union." Most Chinese, she observes, believe that "life in the USSR is really hard and their government makes people's life even harder. We hear that people don't get enough food, except for the privileged class." But she adds, "I don't know if it's true...
...Dowling Committee cannot sensibly advocate increased powers for the assembly without first considering safeguards against abuses of power. The assembly itself should begin internal reforms to increase attendance, to reduce duplication of work from one term to the next, and to ensure that voters know the positions and attendance records of their representatives. Assembly officers should circulate petitions to recall delegates who consistently miss meetings...