Word: closer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...order of his going. A firm request from the Chief to stay on, probably half expected by McNamara, would have settled things; but it never came. From the President's viewpoint, McNamara's reasons for wanting to leave were sound. Tactical political considerations dictated that the closer to Election Day the resignation occurred, the more serious its impact...
Less Plausible. A closer look reveals the harsh realities. For all its outward appearance, East German Boss Walter Ulbricht's New Wall is even less passable-even, in fact, less plausible-than the crude barrier that first shocked the world six years ago. Ulbricht's new design (see diagram) has been conceived with chilling efficiency; to test it, the East Germans erected a prototype at an army camp, rounded up some of the country's best athletes and let them try to cross the barriers without interference. None could makeit. Ulbricht has already completed nearly a third...
...sustain the burden of living in a renaissance. Technical innovation does not in itself guarantee quality. There is some evidence already that the relaxation of censorship, for example, only replaces euphemistic cliches with crass clichés. Love scenes are not necessarily better because they are nuder. By getting closer to graffiti, movie dialogue does not necessarily get closer to the truth...
...significant number of votes. He has consistently supported civil rights measures, the poverty program, and aid to education. He was one of the first public figures to stand up to the Red-baiting tirades of Senator Joseph McCarthy. He started and led the campaign to bring the CIA under closer Congressional scrutiny. And as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he has sought a basic reassessment of the country's foreign policy...
...When she dances alone with a patient, she tries to adopt his mood. Joining a woman who was making broad bending movements and said she was scrubbing. Miss Chase started scrubbing too. The woman caught the dance therapist by the waist and the two moved up and down together, closer and closer to the floor. Just before the large housewife began to crush the therapist, the patient stood up, immensely relieved. Open expression, Miss Chace explained, had begun--the woman was admitting her hatred of housework...