Word: activationism
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In one memo, Hughes glimpsed that his mind was not functioning properly. "Bob, I have only three really serious problems that might prevent an activation of the mining properties, the new hotels, the automobile race track, and even a few more Nevada projects. These three are: 1. The new Showboat...
I know best, of course, my own experience and the timing of events at Lowell House. Beginning six years ago I posted warnings each year about the danger of interlopers and of unlocked rooms, urging students to report their suspicions at once to the University Police. Two and a half...
Nixon's Democratic critics felt no need to hold back. As some 1,000 protesters held a dawn prayer vigil on the Capitol steps, timed to coincide with the activation of the mines, Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy declared: "We have a President who says he's interested in...
Three weeks ago, a BBI test pattern interrupted nine minutes of WHDH-TV programming. BBI issued a statement the next day maintaining that the jamming was accidental, caused by the activation of a faulty switch during repairs.
ALL THE WOMEN in Oates' stories live at a level of intensity which constantly verges on madness. Revealing this intensity is the writer's chief creative strength; artificially manipulating it, her weakness. Many of the stories, which are taut with psychological and surrealistic innuendo, still depend on violent melodrama for...