Word: aptness
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...itself from Viet Nam is, for Americans and, in particular, for both political parties, the most important piece in the overall puzzle. Many lives and large issues of policy are at stake. Far more than was the case with the Korean War, how the Viet Nam conflict ends is apt to affect for years both the image Americans have of themselves and the image that the world has of the U.S. The U.S. should not leave Viet Nam in a way that divides the nation bitterly at home, gives excessive comfort to its enemies or undue doubts to its friends...
...delegates? There will be 4,322 of them-1,333 Republicans in Miami, 2,989 Democrats in Chicago, plus nearly as many alternates. Along with varying ideologies, there are clear contrasts between the parties. Reflecting their longtime power, more than one-third of the Democratic delegates are apt to be public officials, compared with one-fifth of the Republicans. If past conventions are any guide, three out of ten Democratic delegates will be lawyers or judges, against two out of ten Republicans; similarly, the Democrats will have many more union members and officials. Only about one-quarter of the Democrats...
...melt and dilute the gin and tonic the way old-fashioned ice cubes do. And if Mother has bought pink ones shaped like elephants, the kiddies tend to clamor for them in softer drinks. But the freeze balls, made in Hong Kong and filled with water there, are apt to leak. When they do, the medical effects can be more chilling than the customer bargained...
COMMERCIALS are infuriating. They are also irresistible. Commercials are an outrageous nuisance. They are also apt to be better than the programs they interrupt. Commercials are the heavy tribute that the viewer must pay to the sponsor in exchange for often dubious pleasure. They are also an American art form. A minor art form, but the ultimate in mixed media: sight, sound and sell...
...think," I asked him, "that this has made you think of women as essentially evil, or more apt to be criminal than...