Word: buts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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head was bowed low, But not in grief.
It appeared unlikely last night that the subcommittee would invoke harsh penalties, particularly since Christmas vacation begins next week. But subcommittee members declined to speculate about what steps they might take today.
"If you were given all the materials, supplies, and tools you needed to build a boat, you could still choose to build a tractor." he said. "But if you use what you've got, you achieve a certain freedom."
Lutin was right. I didn't see any clergymen, but all sorts of other specimens did appear. They were attracted to this clever conglomerate of circuits and bolts. fascinated by its mystical aura and scientific precision. Damaska had said he considers palmists to be his "spiritual cousins," but these people...
So was I. And, against my will. I still am. Because the machine was right, upsettingly accurate, again and again. Its personality profile ("Your tendency to over intellectualize," the machine informed me, for example, "may make you lose sight of concrete goals,") came unpleasantly close. Its forecast, though not immediately...