Word: contentions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...unnerving lack of knowledge about past events, about the exact content of the tapes, appears to be the best description of White House Watergate "dynamics," according to Price's view. Price's analysis seems to demonstrate that most Nixon aides--even those such as Price who were not involved in the coverup--were not motivated by a desire to get the truth...
...every chain publisher is so modest in his opinions-or, if you prefer, so content to shirk his editorial responsibility. John S. Knight, 83, has exercised self-restraint in inflicting his decided views on the 34-paper Knight-Ridder chain, which includes such fine dailies as the Miami Herald, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Detroit Free Press. Knight, an Eisenhower conservative and friend of Nixon's, lost a son in World War II. From Dien Bien Phu on, he warned against American involvement in Southeast Asia, and when the U.S. did get involved, he continued to oppose...
...stomping grounds at the gas station. Time and Newsweek featured him with their usual platitudes, running on about the "new baseball fad" or "the teenage symbol." But the more the media mucked and raked, the more they betrayed their frenetic ignorance. They could not peg Fidrych. He seemed content to sit up in his apartment, with an old stereo and a generous supply of Coors beer, nonplussed by the publicity. Soon the sportscasters' favorite line (crooned by the likes of Howard Cosell) implied that Fidrych had a few screws loose upstairs--that he was a bit of a flake...
PERSONAL BOOK COLLECTIONS hold a special place in the lives of many Harvard students. The number and variety of bookstores in the Square reflects a high demand for books whose shelf presence for some is as important as their content. There is no reason that anyone desiring a private library should not be able to use their money to acquire one, but there is also no justification for the University to single out the "best collectors" for recognition...
...lack in individual efforts or motivation to succeed within a collective group. This is a result of the poor communalistic life that posed no opportunity for the individuals to transcend community life. We still face this problem in our rural areas in Africa, where a group could be content to live and share their poverty. This has contributed to making the individual lazy and impotent. Another great inherited fault that still exists in many Africans is that of readily accepting a situation as a predestined one. The mystery of the pre-colonial African was that he had never questioned anything...