Word: contentions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Mind's Ear. Such explanations, so necessary to the conception of a novel as story, in fact lessen the impact of a as an object of pop art. In good pop art, the content should be so obvious and blatant that accompanying descriptions are unnecessary. There should be no question of thinking, only of feeling, in much the same way that one senses the flickering of television images or campfire flames. In a, what small sensual pleasure might have been offered in allowing the eye and the mind's ear to skid passively over the letters and words...
...government from 1956 to 1963, and Spyros Markezinis, 59, the former leader of the small Progressive Party. Said Averoff, who wants to found an opposition party: "I will continue attacking the regime, but I will do so in a legitimate way, not in a subversive manner." Papadopoulos has seemed content to allow them to make preliminary attempts at organizing parties. "I would be happy," he said, "if someone got started." But Greece's remaining political leaders, including former Premier Panayotis Kanellopoulos, have refused to cooperate in any way with Papadopoulos. The Premier hopes to convince them that their boycott...
...mellower moments, Norris seemed content to let Watson's IBM hold the overwhelming lead: "I want Control Data to be the Ford of the com puter industry." Though few people expect that IBM will be broken up, Control Data's suit may force the giant to back up a step or two. At the very least, it may prevent premature announcements of computers that are not quite ready to live up to expectations...
That the 'Cliffe shows no signs of doing so indicates both the shabby content of its motivation in this week's decision and the idiocy of its general development plans. Until Radcliffe commits itself to recruiting other disadvantaged groups, it is rather difficult to believe that Mrs. Bunting's promises to black Cliffies stemmed from anything with greater moral depth than a desire to relieve immediate pressure...
Blocked at Home. Finch helped organize Nixon's 1962 gubernatorial campaign, but even as Nixon lost, Finch started to get the political fever again. The political winds at the time were blowing hard toward Ronald Reagan, and a wiser Finch decided to skip the big contest and content himself with the lieutenant-governorship. In a surprisingly large victory, Finch succeeded in outpolling Reagan by about 100,000 votes. All through this period, Finch remained close to Nixon. When Nixon decided to run for the presidency in 1968, Finch was one of the first to start the wheels rolling...