Word: corrects
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Despite a lifelong devotion to language, Funk had no use for stylistic precision. "Let's throw the old textbooks out the window," he once wrote, "along with the words correct and incorrect, because there's really no such thing as grammar, but only an ever-changing language pattern formed by everyday usage...
...hand-hewn shingle boats. Opposing him will be an entry from William R. Ridington Jr., graduate student in anthropology. His craft is a modified cigar-box powered by an electric outboard moter. Optimistic about his chances, Ridington is making last-minute alterations in the craft's guidance system to correct its tendency to cruise in tight circles...
Although a substantial number of erstwhile economists have accurately diagnosed the malady of the present world monetary system, only a few have ventured to propose a solution--and none, until now, has discovered the correct...
...Right Time" is a masterpiece. Someone has finally explained to the critics of American policy that the Communists have a reputation for ignoring the terms of negotiations. Perhaps, now that TIME has made these critics aware of their own ignorance, they will realize that President Johnson is correct in Viet...
...rolled through Brussels a faculty member barraged the students with questions. "Who recently introduced the lower bank rate in France?" A student's correct answer: "Valéry Giscard d'Estaing." "Why?" "To spur investment." At the International School of Brussels, U.S. executives of Ford, I.T.T., Monsanto and Upjohn got a grilling from the students: "Why are Germany's gold reserves going down when its economy is booming?" "What marketing research have you done in Europe on oral contraceptives?" In Paris, the Americans met Gaullist students to discuss the mysteries of the world's teen-agers...