Word: apt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...when all the evidence was in as to what actually went on in the POW camps of North Korea, it transpired that extremes of physical violence were the exceptions rather than the rule, occurring, it seems, to something like less than 1% of the prisoners. Mistreatment was far more apt to take psychological rather than physical forms. Our artillerymen are now (presumably) well aware of the extent to which they can be physically maltreated; are they equally aware of the far more common, insidious and infinitely more successful forms of psychological persuasion...
...most apt appraisal of last week's Viet Nam elections was probably that of Political Scientist Richard Scammon, one of the 22 official U.S. observers on the scene. The balloting was "reasonably efficient, reasonably free and reasonably honest," said Scammon. "I would use exactly the same words to describe elections...
When the world beats a path to his door, the run-of-the-garret inventor is apt to be about as calm as a Rube Goldberg machine going double time. Denmark's Karl Kroyer is a different sort. Last week, shortly after New York's Martin Marietta Corp. snapped up the rights to make a Kroyer-patented, skid-resistant highway surface called Syno-pal in the U.S., the Dane seemed downright bored. "To make an invention is an intoxication," said he. "But the rest -to make it work, start production and complete negotiations-is one big hangover...
...Eyes, though menacing in appearance with his tiger skin and collar of snakes, is actually a protective deity in which the eye, symbol of wisdom and knowledge, appears even on his fingertips. Set against a threatening backdrop of flames and darkness, it seems a particularly apt talisman for Bhutan today...
...junior market with bright styles that sell for as little as $15 and never exceed $30. Fast-changing junior styles represent about 40% of the firm's business. The rest, carrying such labels as R & K, Butte Knit and Amy Adams, are for non-juniors, who are apt to spend more-up to $80 in the Logan line-and expect less radical season-to-season change. The line also includes bathing suits (Rose Marie Reid and Beach Party), blouses (Alice Stuart) and rainwear (Misty Harbor for women, Harbor Master...