Word: accounting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hearings into a circus, proved more puerile and vulgar than satirical or funny. The gap between the two sides seemed limitless. As the yippies followed Rubin out in one of their periodic protests, South Carolina's Congressman Albert Watson asked Police Witness Grubisic in puzzlement, "How can you account for people following anyone like that?" Grubisic could only shake his head and reply: "I don't know, other than that they're different...
Then the candidate put on his glasses to read his speech. First thing, he wanted everybody to know that he had never acted against a man because of what he said or on account of his color. The demonstrators booed, and he said that he hoped they would let him talk; maybe by the end he would have persuaded them to see things...
...community of scholars. This principle has more validity today than ever before in history. It is felt more keenly by a wider number of students, perhaps because of the increasing democratization of human institutions. As with all human activities, the wise division of functions and responsibilities must take into account the special skills or limitations of particular groups, as well as efficiency of operation. The process of drawing students into more vital participation in the governance of the university is infinitely complex. It cannot be resolved by either abstractions or tables of organization. It does not mean that issues must...
...element in the formation of conscience so that responsible judgment can result in conformity with God's will." They recommended that priests exercise lenience with couples who, for reasons other than "egoism or hedonism," are unable to observe the teaching. "Evangelical tolerance," the bishops suggested, should take into account the difficulties that many couples experience "in trying to reconcile the demands of responsible parenthood with those of their reciprocal love, which is both sensuous and spiritual...
...Double Helix, James Watson's personalized account of the discovery of the structure of DNA, the master molecule of life, had one important side effect. It shocked many scientists into the realization that they are public figures-and fair game for biographers, critics and even gossip columnists. Last week the point was driven home again by the publication of another gossipy book, Lawrence and Oppenheimer, in which Author Nuel Pharr Davis calls the roll of America's nuclear greats. He judges them not only as scientists, but also as human beings. Some do not fare too well...