Word: actualizations
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Numbers tell part of the story. Since the late Roy Wilkins stepped down as executive director in 1977, membership in the N.A.A.C.P. has officially hovered around 400,000; some observers believe the actual figure may be as low as 250,000. Despite a recent increase (to $10) in its annual membership fee, the N.A.A.C.P. may have to move from its Manhattan headquarters to cheaper offices in either Brooklyn or Washington...
Opponents of registration often argue that this process almost certainly will lead to an actual draft, but army reports released last weekend stated that some of the pressure for mandatory conscription has been relieved. Helped by the recession and pay raises, the armed servicesboasted the most successful recruitment drive since the draft ended...
...fully understand a subject, "you must see the object, the book,itself," insists Bond. "Some things you can only learn from the actual object that cannot be conveyed by printed descriptions orphotographs." Of the elusive Hollis gifts, many of which are on displayin Houghton's main lobby, Bond adds: "I keep pulling them out ofWidener stack all the time: they are specially bound, and at this point I can sight a Hollis at 50 paces...
These proposals are in keeping with Reagan's often stated conviction that arms-control agreements must not merely slow down the arms race but result in actual and significant reductions in both nuclear weaponry and conventional forces. Both sides recognize that these are maximum opening positions. The questions are: How negotiable are the U.S. suggestions, and will the Soviets reply to them seriously? So far, White House aides profess optimism. Says one: "At least they haven't rejected our proposals out of hand...
...antiself has a shadowy, ideal life of its own. It is always blessed (the antiself is the Grecian Urn of our personality) and yet it subtly matures as it runs a course parallel to our actual aging. The Hindu might think that the antiself is a premonition of the soul's next life. Perhaps. But in the last moment of this life, self and antiself may coalesce. It should be their parting duet to mutter together: "On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia." -By Lance Morrow