Word: clingingly
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Pusey refuted the belief that the student graduating today tended to cling to "the precious stability of his world" whereas the graduate of 1931 was blessed with "a vision of the world transformed." He said that the main difference between the 1930's and the 1950's is that the present generation recognizes that "we are in fact involved in the world," and it therefore should not be "surprising if we have become less insular...
...straightaway at close to 190 m.p.h. The weight of engine and chassis is kept low in relation to the horsepower (about 6 Ibs. per h.p.). Thus the cars have tremendous pickup. The low center of gravity (and just enough weight to keep rear wheels from spinning) allows them to cling to murderous curves at 100 m.p.h...
...often undocumented charges against people and programs he did not like (it was Jenner who called General of the Army George Marshall a "front man for traitors"). In 1952 he was re-elected in the Eisenhower landslide, but neither the man with the coattails nor the man with the cling liked it very much. Since then Jenner has been utterly unable to adopt the stance of a responsible, constructive member of the party in power...
...this week, representatives of 26 of the 35 nations adhering to GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) were in the midst of their fourth attempt since the end of World War II to arrange, mutual tariff reductions. Despite lip service to freer trade, most of the GATT nations cling to their barriers. Undiscouraged, President Eisenhower last week forwarded to congressional leaders a memorandum declaring that it was "absolutely essential" that the U.S. join the Organization for Trade Cooperation. (The OTC, if it ever becomes a reality, will act as a permanent administrative body to enforce agreements...
...India's own Communists, against whom he has warred for his eight years as Prime Minister while exchanging warm visits and friendly sentiments with their Communist masters abroad. "What the world needs in the atomic age," said Nehru, "is something revolutionary and dynamic, yet the Indian Communists . . . cling to doctrines which have no relations to facts today...