Word: affectivity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When he turns to the "important factors which converge to shape decisions," Sorensen is hardly more enlightening. Presidential politics, advisors, and perspective all affect the orders emanating from the White House, he argues. But his description of these influences fails to clarify their meaning, to communicate their potency. Under "politics," Sorensen considers public opinion (in six pages) and pressure groups, Congress, and the press (in five). Space is one limitation, but statements like, "A President must remember that public opinion and public interest do not always agree," only irritate; they don't lluminate...
...former White House strategist's apartment in Leverett and his appointment as Research Associate are unconnected. If for personal reasons he wishes to take a larger apartment off-campus later in the Spring, it will not affect his position at the Graduate School of Public Administration...
Since Scranton is prominently mentioned as a possible G.O.P. presidential nominee, his speech set off speculation about how it might affect his national chances. The likely answer: no harm done, and perhaps some good. Big Labor, after all, sends few delegates to Republican conventions. As for his political position in his own state-well, he won election in 1962 by nearly 500,000 votes without the help of organized labor's leaders...
...snow should not affect today's only scheduled event, the freshman basketball game with Bentley...
Relax & Enjoy It. Short of the outright sleeping pills, which doctors call hypnotics, there are many drugs that help to bring on sleep, but these also affect different people in different ways. Ironically, some of the best-known pep pills put some people to sleep. Many of the antihistamines, intended to relieve allergies, are also prescribed as soporifics. Virtually all the tranquilizers tend to make falling asleep easier, but their mechanisms vary...