Word: accomplish
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this constitutes an imposing task for a work of less than 300 pages, and anyone who tries to accomplish it in so short a space lies open to the disparaging epithets of popularizer and over-simplifier. Admittedly, Mrs. Dean's biographical sketches, averaging less than ten pages in length, are scarcely comprehensive; most of the statesmen she chooses to treat have lent themselves or will soon lend themselves profitably to full-length biography. But the sketches are sufficient for Mrs. Dean's purpose, and she is a popularizer only in that her book is extremely readable. Builders of Emerging Nations...
...limited extent, of course, this is both necessary and desirable. The Corps member should obviously be flexible and open to new experience. He should realize, however, that a simple-minded attempt to become an African or an Asian peasant by adopting the outward forms of their life will not accomplish any constructive purpose. No matter what he does, he is not an African; he will remain an American, and no mortification of the flesh will change that fact. Leaving aside for the moment considerations of health and nutrition, it is certain that any American who tries to live...
...accomplish this, Crimson an ostracized politician, was specially recalled to Athens; he proceeded to make a with Sparta and lead a new Meltterranean campaign...
...believes in change. Conservative in many ways, the U.S. has never been conservative in the sense of trying to preserve things the way they were yesterday. Its very orthodoxy is based on the idea of change: the most orthodox tenet in the American creed is that the individual can accomplish anything if he tries hard enough. It may be one of the glories of a free society, but it also carries great potential danger and may well be the greatest single cause of anxiety on the American scene. From the noble notion that man is free to do anything that...
...bubble-breathing experience was part of an experiment by the Boeing Airplane Co. in Seattle, which is seeking an oxygen sys| tem that will support human space travelers. Using live algae to recycle the precious oxygen in spaceships is a venerable idea, but it is far easier to accomplish in fiction than in fact. Many space-minded companies have added algologists to their staffs, but Boeing believes it is the first to keep a man alive for a full day on algal oxygen. The original air in McClure's tank would have become unbreathable in a short time...