Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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All this bears on the debate over how the U.S. should now behave toward the Soviet Union. Some argue that the U.S. should scuttle all attempts at detente and arms control to protest the Russians' behavior. To be sure, an evenhanded strengthening of NATO's conventional defenses is...
While most of the resisters are earnest, well-meaning crusaders who feel that time served in prison has toughened their character, they are learning that many people regard them simply as ex-cons-and look on them with persistent disdain. Such treatment may not come as a surprise to the...
On paper, the 1968-69 season, which opens this week, looks indistinguishable from 1967-68. Onscreen, viewers will find a few new wrinkles. Bonanza, Petticoat Junction, The Big Valley, The Andy Griffith Show and My Three Sons encouraged a trend by all featuring at least one character who was a...
Lie-Detector Test. Psychologists agree that every batch of fresh police recruits includes a small percentage who are attracted by the idea of force and like the feeling, as a retired officer in New Orleans put it, "that you carry half the power of God on your hip." Chicago'...
De Riencourt takes that outdated boast with deadly seriousness. Something deep in the character of the Puritan (an "iron-hard, practical, sober fanatic dedicated to hard work") ideally equips Americans to play 20th century Romans. When Puritan qualities are combined with the "innate and relentless expansionism" of the frontiersman, it...