Word: account
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Hans Koningsberger is plainly dis satisfied with much that has been writ ten about Red China. He scorns "sta tistics" served up by China-watchers. He wants no part of journalistic "prej udice" or "travelogues." In this slim account, he professes to add his own new dimension - "a novelist's descrip tion of the moods and atmosphere" inside the world's most secretive closed society...
Poison on the Wounds. In his lean and brisk account of the 1956 war, Dayan discusses tactical errors made by his own army and dissects them so frankly that many Israelis are clamoring for his other eye. Typical is the claim, of former Foreign Minister Golda Meir, that Dayan's book drips "poison on the open wounds of bereaved parents" by telling them that their sons were often killed because of Israeli mistakes. If anything, such complaints are a disservice to the man who conceived and executed a brilliant military adventure of such power and daring that the memory...
...other major effect of psychedelic compounds is a vastly increased suggestibility. Say "I'm so happy!" and savor the ecstasy; say "Miserable me!" and feel the hot tears of self-pity. This souped-up sensitivity may account for the apparent vividness of ordinary colors under the influence of the drugs, though tests show that vision is actually impaired slightly. It certainly reinforces the horrors...
Downhill Push. Gathering shortly before 10 p.m., the two exchanged warm abrazos, then sat down and talked for two hours. Balaguer repeated his campaign proposal for a "government of unity" formed from both parties. Bosch promised to push the idea among his followers, who account for most of the young, trained technicians and planners in the country...
...apparently unaware that A.P.'s Photographer Jack Thornell had already reached a phone, and that at 4:29 Memphis time A.P. had sent off its first bulletin, which simply reported the shooting. Alford was still desperately trying to catch up, and when an Appeal reporter called with an account of what had happened, the A.P. man picked up an extension to listen in. "Meredith has been shot in the back and the head," the reporter said. In the clamor, Alford thought he heard "Meredith has been shot dead...