Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The American Revolution was something else again. It was free of that special form of impatience-oversimplified ideology. Never had such forbearance and such a talent for political compromise been demanded of a body politic as the power-wary, pragmatic Founding Fathers required of the citizens of the United States...
Turning the pioneers' trading posts into towns, and the towns into cities, worked the same strain deeper into the American character. Fast-buck operators flourished, the rapid turnover and the quick profit were the dreams of many a businessman. But the more typical pattern for 19th century business and...
Castro accused Almeijeiras of having "close relations with antisocial elements, vagabonds, bums and corrupt people," and more specifically, with Rolando Cubela, another Havana man about town sent up for 25 years this month for plotting Castro's assassination (TIME, March 18). Castro absolved Almeijeiras of any guilt in the...
Making Waves. When it comes to nursing nickels, Merrick can scrounge with any Scrooge on the street. In one of his plays a character was supposed to eat strawberries, and strawberries the actor got on opening night; but when the reviews turned up terrible, Merrick instantly reduced him to radishes...
Detective in a Tree. Merrick gives as good as he gets, and he never stops fighting for a Merrick production. But since he flacked for Fanny he has refined his methods. By cultivating a public character, he has set up a walking advertisement for his shows; by involving that character...