Word: come
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...After reading the results of the Louis Harris Poll on morality [June 6], it seems to me that the only conclusion to come to is that the American people are thinking for themselves more than ever...
...areas, shouting and weeping for joy at the realization that, for them at least, the war would soon be over. "It's wonderful," said Specialist 4/C Charles M. Greene, 22, of Chicago, who was due for rotation in three days anyway. "I'm just sorry that it didn't come earlier so it could have helped some of my buddies who already...
...Marines, which will detach its 9th regimental landing team, some men began packing their bags. Many were already nearing the end of their tour; others still had several months to serve. Fighting in a war of attrition, in which kill ratios are more important than territorial objectives, they have come to believe that their one-year tour of duty is something to be endured. For most, personal survival is victory enough. Thus, for the ones ticketed to leave, a kind of happy ending to this formless, ferocious war has approached...
...domestic reserves have remained nearly constant but demand for oil has increased by as much as 29%. Two weeks ago, Michael A. Wright, chairman of Humble Oil, told Senator Hart's antitrust subcommittee that 87% of the nation's oil needs by 1985 will have to come from reserves that have not yet been discovered...
James had come through. Simultaneously toughened and mellowed by his ordeal, he was ready for what devoted Jacobins agree was his major phase: The Ambassadors, The Wings of the Dove, The Golden Bowl. He had managed that extremely difficult feat: he had lost innocence without losing integrity. "The most beautiful word in the language?" James asked himself. In his notebooks he answered: "Youth!" With his life he answered: "Maturity...