Word: conceptions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...people. If the rate were to rise 1%, 858,000 more workers would be jobless. To place even half of these unemployed in public service could cost the Government up to $3 billion. Ideology is an equal barrier. Presidential Adviser Arthur Burns shies away from the concept, both on the ground of economy and because it rasps uncomfortably against his conservative principles...
...basic federal subsidy, black leaders are cautiously optimistic about the Nixon proposal. Whitney Young, executive director of the National Urban League, said that the proposal represents "a major change about problems of the poor and offers hope for the future." Roy Wilkins, head of the N.A.A.C.P., called the concept a "step in the right direction." Their optimism, in fact, was not too far removed from the views of the critics. Even the more outspoken criticism of the program's details seemed not so much calculated to reject the scheme as to improve on an essentially good idea...
Another legacy from the Sicilian Mafia is Cosa Nostra's almost mystical concept of respect. Something like the Oriental notion of "face," respect means more to a Cosa Nostra mobster than money. If he does not have the regard of his fellow members, he is nothing, even in his own eyes. An equally high value is placed on loyalty. It is not always honored, to be sure, but it nevertheless remains a powerful binding force within the organization. Indeed, the very human characteristics of respect and loyalty, together with the organization's dynastic structure, offer some clues to its remarkable...
...artful equivocation is an almost impossible concept to explain, but it is easy to demonstrate. Let us take our earlier examination question, "Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent age he lived in?" The equivocator would answer it this way: "Some people believe that David Hume was not necessarily a great philosopher, because his thoughts was merely a reflection of conditions around him colored by his own personality. Others, however, strongly support Hume's greatness on the grounds that his personality definitely affected the age in which he lived. It is not a question of the cart before the horse...
Commerce Secretary Maurice Stens insists that Nixon is "totally committed" to the concept of black capitalism. In the absence of concrete results, though, such rhetoric is not enough to regenerate the enthusiasm that the idea created during the campaign...