Word: amidst
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...years, the center has boldly sought to "clarify the basic issues and widen the circle of discussion about them." An offshoot of the Fund for the Republic, an organization dedicated to defending civil liberties, the center was organized by Robert Hutchins, iconoclastic former president of the University of Chicago. Amidst the seaside splendor of a 43-acre Mediterranean-style estate in Santa Barbara, Calif., the center's scholars pursued Hutchins' formidable goal. An average of three mornings a week, the chimes of a Benedictine bell summoned them forth to a marble-floored edifice for "dialogues" on weighty issues...
...multinationals need an empire. That sounds like imperialism, doesn't it? Sure does. Well, that's not fair for the people in those countries we're feeding off, is it? If you think that's unfair, you should check out the domestic economy. Look, Watergate, unemployment, regressive taxes, poverty-amidst-plenty, you don't think these things are accidents...
...from 1968 to 1972 and quit shortly after his squad-car windshield was apparently shot out from the inside when he was alone on patrol. His record also included the beating of a man he had arrested. After that, a brief stint as a tobacco salesman came and went amidst claims by his employers that a cache of cigarettes had mysteriously disappeared. Lawrence then managed to get a job as chief of the four-man police force in the small town of Vergennes; he left a year later, this time just before being fired for questionable drug arrests and hyperactive...
...area," he said, "we can conduct a good defensive operation without putting the whole army in." By controlling the passes, he said, the Israelis have a 7-to-l manpower advantage over the Egyptians. The Mitla Pass outpost seemed lightly manned. Only a few squads of soldiers were camped amidst the crushed granite and sand bars. "Why don't we see any tanks or artillery?" the general was asked. He smiled. "This is an outstanding place for concealment." He added, "This is not a border to defend Sinai but a border to defend Israel. I, as a military...
Memebers of the Harvard Cooperative Society began voting this week on a proposal to change the way its Board of Directors is chosen amidst charges that the proposed plan is an attempt to make the board into a closed club...