Word: containedness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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They arrived in Esalen around 6:30. The sign, "Esalen Institute, By reservation only," seemed to be advertising a motel; in a couple of senses, perhaps, that is what the place was. At the sign, Stewart turned off Route One, down a very steep hill, around a corner, and suddenly...
Restrained in tone, precise in language, the Nixon statement contained no mention of the law-and-order campaign slogan. "These troubles have been long building," Nixon said. In part, he blamed them on failures in education, racial prejudice and the explosive pressures of rapid social adjustments, adding: "I wish I...
Few, to be sure, were exactly memorable. "I'm trying to graduate from college myself this fall," Nixon would tell college audiences. "The Electoral College." A few were execrable. "It's one thing to give 'em hell," he said after Hubert Humphrey had made a well-publicized...
The above case is not a hypothetical, law-school exercise. Last week the U.S. Supreme Court was sharply divided on the question. Overturning the 1965 gambling conviction of William Spinelli, a 5-to-3 majority ruled that the U.S. Commissioner who issued the search warrant that led to Spinelli'...
Goats' Bladders. The industrial safety problem goes back to prehistoric man, who not only cut himself with axes while skinning bison but developed fatal anthrax from contact with the animal's hide. Roman metal workers wore face masks made from goats' bladders to protect themselves from dust...