Word: answering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Haunted by those pictures of starving children, their eyes bulging, their bodies bloated or matchstick thin, most Americans ask indignantly: Why has the U.S. not done more to relieve such suffering? The answer, of course, is that starvation has been a calculated weapon in the civil war between federal Nigeria and secessionist Biafra. The Nigerians are fearful that arms will flow into Biafra under the cover of relief shipments and therefore insist that aid be shipped in under their supervision. The Biafrans reject such terms because they fear foul play by the federals. The U.S. has been distressed...
...tube. Injections cause similar damage to the chromosomes of rats. In terms of effects upon chromosomes in human beings-and therefore, upon future generations-no one knows just what this means. No matter how hard and fast the geneticists try to work, it may take years to find the answer...
...missionary zeal, Milgrim continues: "The few places that cater to singles-clubs, $3-a-head dances or whatever-can be pretty degrading. The marvelous thing about a cruise like this is the preservation of basic dignity. Here the singles have created their own world-where they have to answer...
...patrol. One sergeant, who used to be in charge of a slum neighborhood recalled: "You'd tell the guys to stay awake, to listen to the radio, but they'd just ignore you." A patrolman who had to drive all the way across his precinct to answer a burglary call one night was dismayed to discover that his was the first, and only, car to reach the scene. Said he: "The other guys were all zonked...
...interpreted by the late Chief Justice Fred Vinson, the First Amendment to the Constitution is based on the theory that "speech can rebut speech, propaganda will answer propaganda," and free debate will be a bulwark against tyranny. Just what Kelley Iser has to add to that debate is not clear at first glance. Kelley is a California nightclub dancer whose specialty was described by police as "30 seconds of wiggling around on her hands and knees with her breasts exposed." Yet the California Supreme Court has just ruled that Kelley's top less dance is entitled to First Amendment...