Word: descent
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that is attracting the most interest: the contest to succeed U.S. Senator Oren E. Long, 73, a Democrat who is retiring. The opponents: Dillingham, 46, the scion of Hawaii's most prominent haole (white) family, and Democratic Representative Daniel Ken Inouye, 38, the first U.S. Congressman of Japanese descent...
...said, desire you-and to soar, But I am heavy, the world is either/or And I know that to be is not to be content. So heavy, I am determined on descent...
...from Europe and the Americas; they had the best education, the choicest jobs, the most money. Today, though Westerners still run the country, they are deeply worried that they will soon be displaced as Israel's ruling class by an unschooled, unskilled mass of settlers of Afro-Asian descent, who already outnumber them. Moroccan-born Dr. André Shuraky, Premier David Ben-Gurion's chief adviser on immigration problems, warned last week that in 15 years three out of every four Israeli Jews will be of Afro-Asian origin...
Nikolayev admitted to some misgivings during his descent from orbit: "Out of the window, I saw smoke, then flames, which changed from red to orange to yellow to blue. You hear loud crackling and you begin to wonder if the ship's outer covering isn't about to slough off. As the deceleration forces decreased, it became like riding a cart on a bad road." When he landed, Nikolayev said, "my first inclination was to kiss the earth of our motherland...
...blissful descent is over. You get up exhilarated and proud, and it all seems worth the worry. The amount of your happiness equals--at least--the amount of your fear beforehand. And, as my friend declares, you feel that "Your perspective is restored. You just don't exaggerate petty things after you've parachuted...