Word: asks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...heritage of two millennia of sorrow and insecurity. The essence of the woman is conviction, without compromise, and expressed with all the subtlety of a Centurion tank. She seldom loses an argument, and once, after a heated policy dispute, so unnerved Dayan that he felt obliged to ask before he left her office: "Do you still love me, Golda?" Her convictions extend to her personal life. She still refuses to ride in a German-made car, and is so egalitarian that even as Premier she cooks her own breakfast and will occasionally make tea for a military courier...
...Phantoms from the U.S. The first of the planes began arriving two weeks ago ?much to the anger of the Arabs. Arguing that the only way to preserve peace in the Middle East is to make certain that Israel is stronger than the Arabs, Mrs. Meir plans to ask Nixon for another 25 Phantoms, some A-4 Skyhawks and more Hawk ground-to-air missiles. It may take some time, but the State Department and Pentagon are expected to approve the request...
...Consider C-a failure.) Why? Not because they are a sign the student doesn't know the material, or hasn't thought carefully or any of that folly. They simply make tedious reading. "Locke is a transitional figure." "The whole thing boils down to human rights." Now I ask you, I have 92 bluebooks to read this week, and all I ask really, is that you keep me awake. Talk to me. Is that so much...
...Ask any Cliffie to tell you what type of girl goes to her school. and she will back away nervously, stammering "individuality... no stereotypes whatever... leave me alone." and things like that. The poor girl is afraid you are trying to squeeze her and her friends into a single mold: the stringy brunette mold perhaps, or worse, the intense, amoral. Bohemian mold. Life. Holiday, the New York Times. Sports Illustrated, and Leonic St. John became her eternal enemies as soon as they suggested one-word summaries...
...ask a Harvard student what kind of grades he's been getting, he'll probably answer in terms of a Rank List Group. The Groups are simply a bookkeeping method, but they are important at certain times during your career. Each House, for instance, may accept applications from only a certain number of men in each Group. Some fields of concentration are effectively restricted to those in Groups One and Two The Dean's List contains everyone above Group Three...