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Word: dependant (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...course, one can always depend on the Loeb for meticulous sets and costumes. This time they are executed with the usual expertise by Randall Darwell and Tom Owen respectively. Still, pretty clothes aren't enough to resuscitate what Goldsmith saw as the dying muse of comedy. There are occasionally lively moments in the current Loeb production, but for the most part it is like attending the sick bed of a lingering old grandam...

Author: By Gregg J. Kilday, | Title: She Stoops to Conquer | 12/14/1968 | See Source »

Under No Gun. Like most proposed reforms, Nixon's looked fine on paper. Whether in fact they will prove more efficacious than the present system is uncertain. Much will depend on the quality of the brainpower assembled under Kissinger, the ability of the State Department and the Pentagon to function more independently than at present while still satisfying the President, and whether the pace and press of developments abroad permit the top echelon of Government the luxury of deep thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: CONSTRUCTION AND REFORM | 12/13/1968 | See Source »

...style of reasoned discussion, as employed during the conference, meant more than just the application of analysis to social problems. It meant an approach to ideas, and specifically ideas as solutions to social problems. Intellectuals, of course, are idea-smiths by definition. Their livelihood and self-confidence depend on their ability to apply reason to problems. But in many ways, the ego-in-volvement of the participants was all too apparent at the conference. There were few questions asked and many speeches made. Lines of argument were rarely followed up. The participants sat while one would-be lecturer after another...

Author: By David Blumenthal, | Title: When Intellectuals Meet | 12/12/1968 | See Source »

Harvard's success may depend on its ability to contain the Middie star and captain, 6-3 forward John Tolmie. Last season, when Navy won nine of 20 games, Tolmie ranked 29th among the nation's scores with a 23-point average...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Five Hopes to Shatter Past Navy Domination | 12/4/1968 | See Source »

...allowed to continue to "double as secretary of the CEP," I hope I can continue to depend upon someone like Mr. Alexander to sharpen my prose by the judicious use of ellipses and to clarify its meaning by keeping it free from the confusions of context. Edward T. Wilcox Director of General Education

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WILCOX REPLIES... | 12/3/1968 | See Source »

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