Word: bit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...overnight, Carter has begun sounding remarkably upbeat. At first it seemed the President hoped that by tinkering a bit with the American energy machine and by lessening the widespread tendency toward panic buying, he could shorten the lines at the pumps in California and vent some of the political pressure...
...McLemore's "confession" of their intentions to smuggle pot, Spradley was dismayed. Said he: "I have had so dad-blamed many stories tossed at me, I've just about lost my faith in people." But McLemore later changed his story and agreed with Spradley's drill-bit explanation of the trip...
...American homes with an attention-numbing narcotic. The charges go way back. They were first raised by long-suffering parents and teachers who simply watched the TV viewing of children under their care and came to what they felt were grim, self-evident conclusions. Then the argument shifted a bit to the amount of violence on TV and its cumulative effects on society. To both counts the TV networks reacted as they still do: Life is complex. There is no proof. It's a free country, and people get what they want, as the networks' brutal rating games...
...Introduction to Comparative Government," have spotted their professor, Karl W. Deutsch, walking toward them. All eyes focus on the Stanfield Professor of International Peace and all conversation stops. No one knows quite what to say or how to act in front of world-renowned professor. Deutsch himself seems a bit ill at ease with all the attention, but he sits down on the first of the concrete steps, ignoring the dust that collects on his heavy black trousers. Sensing the distance that separates him from the students, he turns to a young man at his right who is wearing...
When Karl Deutsch learns of the praise which his colleagues have for him, he nods his appreciation but seems a bit ill-at-ease. He self-consciously straightens his traditional black suit and quickly changes the subject. He speaks of his love for Harvard and his eagerness to help students in any way he can. His only concern lies four years away, when Harvard will tag an "Emeritus" on his title. "I hope they let Emeriti in the libraries, he smiles...