Word: attainability
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that it is quite apparent that the expanded bombing in Viet Nam [July 8 et seq.) is failing to attain any constructive result, I invite consideration of my "Fourth Alternative," which is for the U.S. to take all feasible measures to quiet down the war, to de-escalate it, to change the priority emphasis to economic, educational, social, and political factors, and to contemplate a decade or more of competition of systems in Viet...
...usually interpret his mystical ruminations as an attack on the accepted Christian concepts of history and behavior, but Brown really seems to advocate the complete abolition of 20th century civilization. If all trappings of civilization were put aside, he believes, all repressions would go with them. Man could then attain a golden age of sexuality-not just of the genital variety, which in itself, he believes, imposes a kind of tyranny-but of the uninhibited, innocent sexuality that, according to Freud, controls man's actions from womb to tomb...
...effort of getting there is important too; the vision is not all, and manuals of contemplation often advise against paying too much attention to "beauty." Indeed the Christian concept of grace-never earned, never under man's control-seems to nullify the idea that a man can attain a mystical experience by taking a pill. Psychedelic mystics tend to look toward the Eastern religions, in which, as one puts it, "you rap [have rapport] with the world; you rap with dogs and trees and everything makes sense...
...Leary is wrong: they didn't use to call people like him alchemists or medicine men. They used to call them nuts. They still do. He is a disgrace to the professions of teaching and psychology. Stop publicizing his antics, and let him attain the oblivion he so richly deserves...
...VENEZUELA Venezuela's Foundation for Community Development and Municipal Improvement has been primarily concerned with urban housing projects. Volunteers, by studying, surveying and working on municipal projects in various cities, will help them attain the diversifications they desire...