Word: appeared
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Contemporary critics often appear to believe that the smothering of individuality is a consequence of intentional decisions by people at the top. Right-wingers blame Government leaders, left-wingers blame corporate leaders. But the modern leader is always in some measure caught in the system. To a considerable degree, the system determines how and when he will exercise power. The queen bee is as much a prisoner of the system as is any other in the hive...
...positive result in the paraffin tests, Crockett held only two, one charged with possession of a tear-gas device, the other with assault with intent to kill. Neither was charged with shooting the two officers. There was also another aspect of the case. Crockett had told Cahalan to appear personally in court, and Cahalan had not. "It is my considered opinion," said the judge, "that the prosecutor is in contempt of court. An affront to the court is always a serious matter, and this is a personal affront. I am persuaded it has racial overtones...
...Sussex greensward, hard by the Greyhound Inn, the Toucan Terribles set out last week to defend their title of World Marbles Champions. For twelve straight years, the Terribles had won the colors. This year, however, the very honor of England was at stake. Among the 15 challengers scheduled to appear at Tinsley Green, a hamlet (pop. 150) just 28 miles south of London, was a band of upstart colonials from Chicago...
...shows left on the air are the network newsmagazines. Since they compete head to head, the problem is figuring out a way to watch them both. One solution is to watch First Tuesday the first Tuesday of the month and 60 Minutes the third, when its rival does not appear. However they're watched, the shows prove that network news, thinly sliced, can be as entertaining-and sometimes as superficial-as most variety shows...
Today writing and lecturing are his only work. Breakfast of Champions, his next book, should appear this year. With characteristic irony it deals with the plight of robots who take over the Middle West (except for one flesh-and-blood Pontiac dealer), but find themselves bugged by problems of free will...