Word: tools
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Pentagon. The shift resulted partly from a failure of nerve by State Department officials who, in their reports, avoid or at least bury any daring suggestions that might get them in trouble; and partly from the overwhelming growth of bureaucracy, which made the department hopelessly unwieldy as a presidential tool. Even if the bureaucracy were streamlined and creative thinkers were to flower, State would still need a Secretary respected by the White House and the department. Perhaps the last Secretary of State to provide such leadership was Dean Acheson−a man with the rare combination of a strong personality...
...detecting the enzyme in human leukemia cells−something that has also been done by Spiegelman's team−the scientists may have discovered an important diagnostic tool. Testing for the presence of the enzyme may now help doctors to identify leukemia in its earliest stages. And early identification is almost always the first step toward a cure. If the enzyme is proved to be at the heart of the process resulting in leukemia, it should be possible to find chemicals that suppress...
...immediacy to the movement's struggle and reinforces the very real sense of what is oppressive in our society, of why we are alienated. It is in this way that Movement serves itself most effectively. By evoking this sense of alienation so powerfully, Movement becomes an effective organizing tool and goes a long way toward defining the self-conscious bonds of solidarity among youth...
...long ago, the discount ratethe interest charge on Government loans to commercial bankswas the Federal Reserve Board's main tool for influencing the economy, and changes in the rate occasionally became hot political issues. In the past year and a half, the Federal Reserve has relied mainly on changes in the pace at which it expands the nation's money supply, and has let the discount rate stay at 6%. When the board finally cut the rate a quarter-point last week, the reaction in the financial community was cheerful butunexcited...
...young Americans have done more to "work within the system" than a growing band of lawyers who toil overtime honing a new tool of social reform -the public-interest law firm. Convinced that established law firms have hired the nation's best legal minds to concentrate on serving rich corporate clients, the young lawyers have started their own firms to fight for consumer, conservation and other under-represented interests...