Word: ordering
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Soames bluffed masterfully, like his protege Lord Carrington, who maneuvered the conflicting parties into the cease-fire for the transfer of power last fall. Like Carrington, Soames worked without bias, constantly dangling the bloody alternative to order and compromise--the scuttling of the elections and the resumption of war--before the conflicting parties. He censured Mugabe's secretary for unfair electioneering and threatened to cancel the elections in the most unruly districts. He successfully compelled the three major black candidates to adhere closely to fair campaign guidelines and the procedures for military disbandment. His efforts crowned a 15-year British...
...Smith once predicted that blacks would not come to majority rule in his lifetime. Smith is still alive--Mugabe's government has followed a policy of toleration toward him and intends to follow one of conciliation toward whites until the economy has stabilized and the country returns to order...
Whereas many agree that the ad is offensive, overtly sexual, and in poor taste, it is not intuitively obvious to some why the ad is sexist. There are two reasons why it is sexist. First, women are objectified in order to sell products. Second, implicit in the Chanel ad is not only that women must use cosmetic products to be sexually appealing, but that they must also perform the appropriate acts. The lipstick perched between lip-sticked lips symbolically links the two ideas of sex appeal and of unequal sexual (and other) status. The cultural norm of female beauty allows...
...largest university-associated collection of lower-order plants in the world, the herbarium is located on Divinity Ave. The library houses more than 60,000 books, papers, and specimens used by scientists performing research...
...order to cut down costs, airlines are now developing ingenious means of conserving fuel. Planes are flying higher, since the thinner air at lofty altitudes causes less drag, thus giving more miles to the gallon. At Eastern Air Lines "dog legs," or indirect routes to include out-of-the-way stopovers, have been eliminated. Heavy jet-fuel drinkers like the Boeing 707 are being phased out in favor of more abstemious planes, like the DC-10 or the 747. In order to cut 60 to 250 lbs. off a jet's weight, Eastern has even stripped the white paint...