Word: adoption
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...less survives on the international scene by constantly threatening to break off with somebody. Last week, as Red Chinese Foreign Minister Chen Yi dropped by for Cambodian independence-day ceremonies, Sihanouk affirmed what no one doubted-that he was perfectly capable of renouncing "our monarchic and nationalist regime to adopt the Communist regime." Next thing, Snookie warned Russia and Red China that unless his economic problems are solved, Cambodia might abandon these nations and "align itself with the very rich United States so that they can meet the annual deficit of our national budget"-a suggestion that might no longer...
Stanislavski, who directed the first serious production of The Seagull, thought the play was a tragedy, and later directors have tended to adopt this interpretation even though Chekhov himself called it a comedy. By now, in fact, the "gloom" of Chekhov has become such a joke that any less than perfect production of his plays can easily make them seem farcical...
...Bunting, who is taking a year's leave of absence from Radcliffe to serve in the Atomic Energy Commission, urged an audience at an M.I.T. symposium to adopt "an experimental approach" towards the assumption of female incapacity...
Perhaps more open to question, but by the same token more interesting, are the book's opening and closing chapters, where Pettigrew presents his view of the Negro American's personality. He contends that "being a Negro in America is less of a racial identity than a necessity to adopt a subordinate social role. The effects of playing this 'Negro' role are profound and lasting." Pettigrew also maintains that the harsh economic and social environment of the Negro has created severe family disorganization...
...loss of momentum is seen too in Goldwater's choice of words. In 1960, Nixon telegraphed his own sense of defeat when he began to adopt Kennedy's language, when he too insisted that America must move forward. Now it is Goldwater solemnly (and unconsciously) explaining the need for prudence and responsibility in the Executive branch...