Word: chasms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...differences between Carter and Ford, while striking, bear only moderate resemblance to the chasm between the vice-presidential nominees, Sen. Robert J. Dole (R.-Kans.) and Sen. Walter F. Mondale (D.-Minn.). As his performance in the televised mid-October debate indicates, Dole offers the American people a return to the black days of Nixon and Agnew, to an era of acerbic, divisive diatribes that alienate the young and disadvantaged. Mondale promises instead to be a powerful champion of social justice. The vice-presidential choice is itself vital enough to determine the choice between the Democratic and Republican tickets...
Despite the philosophical chasm between them, Reagan and Schweiker claimed they found some areas of general agreement: skepticism about the Government as the primary means of solving social problems, opposition to busing, amnesty, gun control and abortion, criticism of the Ford Administration's handling of détente, resumption of the death penalty for heinous crimes. Reagan was especially impressed by Schweiker's devotion to religion and his family. According to an aide, Reagan concluded that Schweiker was "a guy he can live with." Yet on many of the topics discussed, the conversation was strained-until Reagan said...
...inspired by Watergate can be grouped into three general categories: first, the apologia of the accused; second, the narratives of media and congressional heroes who scaled the White House walls of secrecy; and third, the chastening "outsider" voices of post-Watergate analysis. Until Clark Mollenhoff's book, however, a chasm existed between the first perspective--that of government "insiders"--and the second and third points of view--those of media people, congressional investigators, judges, lawyers, and political scientists...
...across the mountain with half the national treasury, Danny asks him to stay for the wedding. At the ceremony, Danny's new bride bites him on the cheek, and he bleeds. He is thus revealed as mortal and punished accordingly. Danny stands on a rope bridge over a chasm, while one of his former subjects cuts the supports with a sword. Peachy, held captive, watches his comrade tumble from the bridge, "twisting in the air like a penny whirligig. He took half an hour to fall...
...results show a wide chasm between what C.P. Snow called the "two cultures." For example, most scientists pictured themselves as approachable, open and admired people with wide-ranging interests. Yet most nonscientists thought they were remote, secretive and rather unpopular, with few interests outside their fields. The two sides disagreed most sharply on whether scientists had a strong sense of right and wrong. Generally, scientists affirmed that they "would stop their work if they thought it was harmful." But nonscientists were skeptical. Said one reader: "When I think of a scientist, I think of intellectual curiosity triumphing over moral responsibility...