Word: absorbers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...which Nazism represented a cancerous acceleration. The Hitler regime was romantic, even idealistic, in a perverted way; as Heinrich Heine said, "We Germans are idealists even when we hate." The other, and contradictory, quality is an alarming literal-mindedness, which made it possible even for many educated Germans to absorb and act on Nazism's pseudo science; other people have accepted crackpot theories about inferior races, but, unlike the Nazi leadership, they have not moved from the false premises to the insanely logical conclusion of systematic extermination...
...retroactive to last week. The excise cut, which was more than double the amount Johnson recommended in January, was made "possible and desirable," said the President, because tax revenues in both fiscal 1965 and 1966 are expected to be $1.5 billion higher than predicted, and because the economy can absorb the added stimulus without endangering price stability...
Chapman said that the Loeb has had to absorb the theft losses, which have averaged about $200 per year in the past in its regular budget. He said that the University has no Insurance to cover thefts...
...Fire Department was philosophical. "We could see it was some sort of steam coming off the roof. The Harvard Square Theatre's incinerator did the same thing the other night. People said, 'Oh my heavens!' and then started calling up like mad. We learn, to absorb the complaints...
Johnson proposed a Cabinet-level Department of Housing and Urban Development, which would serve as "a focal point for thought and innovation and imagination about the problems of our cities." The new department would absorb the present Housing and Home Finance Agency, help cities draw up metropolitan-area plans for orderly growth, train local planners, administer federal grants to states and cities for planning studies, and support research into new building techniques to reduce overall construction costs...