Word: counting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...House floor. The initial defeat occurred in 1958, on the very first major measure he agreed to report out of committee. The second came last year, after the Administration blandly assured him that there were enough votes in favor of a bill to raise the debt ceiling. The count was wrong. Both setbacks apparently seared Mills's soul. In between, he built himself a name as "Ol' Never-Miss Wilbur," and he is reluctant to put that reputation on the line for anything as uncertain as the tax surcharge, however necessary...
Make an announcement to the U.N., the Viet Cong and the world that we hereby call off all hostilities as of a stated date, but that we will keep an exact count of all casualties suffered by us or our allies during every twenty-four-hour period thereafter. Each day at a stated hour the exact number will be announced. It may be verified by neutral observers. It will be distributed in leaflets to the North, and that will be the number of bombs dropped on North Viet Nam the following day. Meanwhile, we revert to undeclared peace and resume...
Does he not remember, can he not count the estimated costs (not in money) of our last bombing pause? Or is it rather that his "we" is just different from mine. Mine number the 500,000 troops now in Viet Nam. And they do lose when one of their arms is tied behind their backs, while, in return, their enemy loses no advantage; indeed he gains many deadly ones...
Stitches & Sponges. All the hot-rod-ding around in heavy traffic naturally has its perils. At last count, Bing has had 28 stitches taken in his face, and the fingers of his right hand have been jammed so often that he tapes a sponge above his knuckles for protection. But Detroit will keep him out there if they have to stick him together with Elmer's Glue-All. A couple of years ago, the Pistons occasionally had trouble luring 1,000 people into Cobo Arena to see them play. This year, attendance averages 7,500, and six times...
...activist glorifies the act: man is the sum of his acts, what he understands doesn't count, it's what he does which is the ultimate measure of the man. The academic protects his vested interest with equal fervor: the action must be subordinate to understanding...