Word: daniells
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...steady snow was falling on Lake Huron as the 603-ft. freighter Daniel J. Morrell steamed toward Taconite, Minn., for a load of iron ore, but the night was otherwise tranquil. Watchman Dennis Hale, 26, ended his tour of duty, had a snack in the galley and headed for his bunk. Six hours later, he was awakened by "two loud thumps," followed by the insistent clang of the emergency bell. Clad only in underwear and peacoat (he couldn't find his trousers), Hale sped topside-and gasped at what he saw. Lashed by a sudden, severe Great Lakes storm...
...particularly in Communist countries, often scoops the local radio and press. In 1964, its Russian broadcasts beat the state radio by 1½ hours with news of the fall of Nikita Khrushchev; this year it carried the most complete accounts of the trials of Writers Andrei Sinyavsky and Yuli Daniel. Red China, North Korea and North Viet Nam still try to jam VOA transmissions, but all the Communist countries of Europe except Bulgaria have quit jamming...
...gave the social columnists and sociologists a chance to move in. "Almost a joke," said Cleveland Amory, author of Who Killed Society? "Fond as I am of Truman, I think we can say that society is not only kaput-it is Capote." Max Lerner was reminded of Historian Daniel Boorstin's observation that the events of our time turn out, all too frequently, to be pseudo-events...
Cambridge Police Chief Daniel J. Brennan said yesterday that the matter is under extensive investigation by his department. "That's all it would be wise for me to say at this time," Brennan added...
None of this should be taken too easily for granted in a world where Flemings still battle Walloons in Belgium, French Canadians are still at odds with British Canadians, and Indians of different faiths still slaughter one another by the thousands. Says Professor Daniel Moynihan, director of the Harvard-M.I.T. Joint Center for Urban Studies: "We are the only nation in the world that has seriously undertaken to establish a biracial democracy. We have shown a fantastic capacity to absorb an incredible range of ethnic groups. If this looked easy, the world is beginning to learn it is damn...