Word: affectivity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...jolted into an awareness of what lies ahead must communicate their sense of emergency to others of all nations, for it is not an ignoble or selfish fear, which can be ridiculed, ignored, or soothed. Only as every individual is moved by this larger concern and allows it to affect his own life, to intensify his attitudes, will "those in charge" be forced to listen to him and to make the discontinuation of nuclear testing the primary and immediate objective in international policy. Only then will it become possible to remove the sense of frustration, of inadequacy, and of being...
...eight rubbery arms an octopus has an excellent sense of touch. Its taste sensors, which seem to be concentrated around the rims of the clutching suckers, can detect chemical traces that are barely strong enough to affect a human tongue. It is equipped with a statocyst, an efficient apparatus just below the brain that acts like the gravity perceiver of the human inner ear, telling the octopus which direction...
...usual clutter of tables and clatter of highballs, Japan's hipsters sit in desklike seats set in rows of two, railroad-style, sipping their drinks in scholarly contemplation and rarely speaking, as jazz, either recorded or live, engulfs them in smoky parlors. Girls in the crowd affect tight toreador pants; the boys are mighty sharp in Ivy League coats and peaked caps pulled down tight to their dark glasses...
...service businesses with annual gross revenue of more than $1,000,000; employees of gas stations grossing $250,000 a year or more; transit workers, certain laundry workers and switchboard operators. Most controversial point in the bill: a clause extending wage floors in certain cases where employees only "affect" (rather than "engage in") interstate commerce. Senate conservatives say this is unconstitutional, would open the door to federal intervention in intrastate commerce...
Should requirements be imposed next year, they would probably affect admission to middle group courses, courses numbered above 100. Placement tests might be given, in order to determine better a student's qualification for a particular course...