Word: detachedness
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Since 1952, Kennedy continued, the U.S. has "seen one concept of the presidency at work. Our needs and hopes have been eloquently stated-but the initiative and follow-through have too often been left to others." He suggested that "the American people in 1952 and 1956 may well have preferred...
¶ Iowa's Democratic Governor Herschel Loveless, who has a vice-presidential gleam in his eye, made an unscheduled sortie across the Mississippi to Moline, Ill., for a testimonial dinner for Massachusetts, hard-running Senator Jack Kennedy. Asked if this meant an endorsement, Loveless smiled and replied: "You can...
There is no doubt that Casanova's Memoirs ranks with the great literary confessions, notably Rousseau's and Cellini's. The trouble with confessions is that the author, no matter how detached in manner, implicitly pleads for the reader's understanding. Somehow neither 20th century sociology...
"The last-stage rocket," said the Russian announcement, "weighs 1,553 kg. [3,423 Ibs.] without fuel and carries measuring equipment [presumably radio and guiding instruments] weighing 156.5 kg. [345 lbs.]. The station itself weighs 278.5 kg. [614 lbs.]." This description apparently means that the third-stage rocket has apparatus...
Each week some 5,000 woe-laden readers of the Chicago Sun-Times's Lovelorn Columnist Ann Landers-who is syndicated in 342 other papers-apply to her for solace and advice. They usually get it, sometimes right between the eyes: to the miss who asked how to treat...