Word: bounded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nixon will be well briefed. He dined at the White House with NATO Secretary-General Manlio Brosio, and at week's end he started a laborious study "of "the book"-a black-bound 300-page volume prepared for him by the State Department and the National Security Council staff. It details his tentative schedule, suggests drafts for everything from airport statements to formal toasts, and sets forth factual background and policy recommendations for each of his meetings with European leaders...
...because they are too sensitive. It is not at all clear, however, that students have no contribution to make in discussions of departmental structure or procedures for deciding on tenure. To a large extent, these are matters of value judgment and common sense. And presumably, students would be bound by the same codes of propriety as Faculty in handling whatever information the committee considered...
Where sex failed, sentiment might succeed. One proposal is that the flight captain make a standard announcement before takeoff appealing to the better nature of a would-be skyjacker: "Folks," the message goes, "we have lots of sick people aboard today, all bound for their health to the sun of Miami, and we don't wish to cause them any distress." A science-oriented writer suggests gradually depressurizing the cabin until all the passengers, including the skyjacker, lose consciousness due to a lack of oxygen. Or maybe the crew could spray a small dose of a tranquilizer into...
From the reception room of the Vatican's Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, a waiting monsignor led the visitor to a turn-of-the-century elevator. They rode down several floors, walked through rooms lined with musty, leather-bound volumes, entered yet another gloomy room. Across a heavy wooden table, decorated only with an austere black crucifix, sat a man in a black, violet-trimmed cassock. The visitor presented himself. "I am Illich...
...Local 711 of the Retail Clerks International. Under the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act, 30 per cent of Phillips' employees must request collective representation in order to hold a union election. If 50 per cent then vote for a union in the election, Phillips is legally bound to bargain with that union...