Word: reverting
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...sports commentator, and the wrestlers are mourning their lost opportunity. Says Don Krone, staff administrator for the A.A.U.'s wrestling division: "It may set our program back two or three years." With the U.S. men's basketball team at home, the gold medal should easily revert to the towering Soviets...
Greek-Americans preserve their culture through the Hellenic Society, French-Americans through L'Alliance Francaise, and Jewish-Americans through B'nai B'rith and other organizations, but "Italian-Americans have nothing," Ussia says. "It's fine to revert back to your roots, but it's crucial that Italian-American culture--somewhat different than Italian culture--have a home of its own. We have to do it now," he adds...
...same time, the right overall Government policies and strategies are necessary. Nobody is demanding that the state revert to the minor role that Adam Smith envisaged for it, which would not even include operating a nation's canals. All capitalist countries have mixed economies that combine some free-market features and some government controls, depending on practical needs, tradition and political trends. But there are sharp new questions about the mix. Says Jan Tumlir, chief economist of the world trade organization GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade): "The 1980s must be a period of rethinking the functions of government...
Although deep down Powell may have wanted to end his work with this blunt indictment, he allows himself to revert to "Edthink" in two final paragraphs of qualification and apparent apology to his former employers. He praises "Harvard's investment in education" for providing self-consciousness, but not self-confidence, to the profession, implying that this contribution makes up for the 60 years of indecision...
...arms agreement prompted Israeli Premier Menachem Begin to voice reservations about "the quantity and quality of these arms." He seemed especially concerned about the F-15s. The Israelis clearly feared that such advanced weaponry could be used against them should Sadat ever be ousted from power and Egypt revert to an anti-Israeli stance...