Word: plethora
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...things. The arms race, having spiralled nonstop since World War II, is now prepped to launch into an entirely new level of technology, which is destined to leave the current arsenals--and hence arsenal-limiting ideas--obsolete. Right now, nobody's even sure of a framework to discuss the plethora of land, sea, and air nukes. The likelihood that even dedicated arms controllers could limit this plethora in the next four years is small indeed...
...AFTERMATH of the brutal assassination of Prime Minister Indira Ghandi, a plethora of media coverage has catanulted Indian political and religious issues into the limelight of the international public. Most notably, the current rampant violence between Sikhs and Hindus throughout the country, but particularly in the Sikh-majority state of Punjab, has focused discussion on Gandhi's controversial decision to send the army into the Golden Temple in Amritsar last June to flush out the Sikh extremists there. But such debate has--at least in this country--typically lacked a deeper understanding of India's religious, political and historical traditions...
...said of him, had a good heart. As long as he could refrain from showing off and writing newspaper squibs about himself, he was a first-rate journalist. Boswell scrutinized everything around him and his works, the lively tour of the Hebrides and his biography of Johnson, brought a plethora of fascinating minutiae to light. Explaining Boswell's literary brilliance, Brady notes, "like Johnson he made acute observations about others because he relentlessly observed himself." And when this man--who wanted everyone to like him, who ardently sought literary fame, and who suffered from increasing moodswings in later life--repressed...
...tenure system, officials report, includes a plethora of internal checks and balances designed to insures its fairness. "It's very much like the ideals of the American Constitution. That's the theory to it," says Dreben...
Thus, the plethora of committees and task forces devoted to the solemn tasks of establishing computer "priorities" and exploring new computer "possibilities." Thus, the frantic rush to put together the requisite software so that the Mac can be used in computer science courses this fall. Thus, the talk about how Harvard is going to link up all these pc's so that students can talk to each other, retrieve large chunks of information from data banks, and otherwise precipitate the next Scientific Revolution...