Word: boons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that oil has been found in the Negeb, we will never leave," said one Israeli. At any rate, the Negeb's boon was not going to make any easier U.S. Secretary of State Dulles' effort to persuade Israel to cede some of the desert to the Arabs in return for a peace treaty...
...almost everything. Blue Plate Policy coupons provide for food; Blue Blanket coverage takes care of shelter, clothing and babies; the Blue Bolt "war and disaster complex of policies" insures against all misfortune-all except for the misfortune of being pronounced Class E and therefore "completely uninsurable." Most marvelous boon of all is the "Suspension Vaults." A policyholder stricken with "radiation" poisoning (a common ailment), or dying of disease for which The Company scientists have not yet found a cure, may sign his life into abeyance at the Clinic, receive a simple injection and get himself filed away inside a clear...
Scientist Libby. for all his years at work inside the secrets of atomic energy, has never seen an atomic explosion, and does not want to. His main concern has long been not the atomic boom, but the atomic boon. It was because of his interest in the peaceful atom that he fell so naturally into his key role at Geneva's revolutionary conclave...
...listens to the same radio and TV programs that his playmates listen to; on no account may he pursue an interest of his own choosing-or even daydream about it. While he is told less often than children of past generations to keep quiet, he is denied the priceless boon of solitude...
...would expect from a book of this type. He has a facility for acid criticism and a predilection for commenting on the social scene--two talents which give his work the quality of especially readable essays. While not essential to good dramatic criticism, these talents have been a boon to followers of the New Republic, and they should attract more than a few chance readers to his latest book...