Word: differing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...observe the 100th anniversary of the Ku Klux Klan. He asked: "Shall we permit faceless men, under cover of robes and darkness, to imperil the liberties of our people?" No, he answered, urging that the K.K.K. be investigated forthwith by the House Un-American Activities Committee. "Honest men may differ in the precise limitations of the word 'un-American,' but surely all agree that the activities which by force and violence seek to deprive others of rights guaranteed them by the Constitution are un-American...
...ideally suited to the requirements of Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, who personally selected each. No Defense Secretary in history has ever asserted Pentagon control like McNamara. For his top military advisers, he wants planners and thinkers, not heroes. He wants team men, not gladiators. The men he has chosen differ widely, of course, in appearance, personality and background. But they have much in common. All are experienced and skilled staff officers, as much or more at home behind a desk as in the field. All may be expected to state their policy views candidly-and then to support, at least...
...comparison is about the nastiest accusation ever leveled against Adams, an urbane and skeptical politician who, for all his impatience with his contemporaries, respected their right to differ with him-most notably in his gallant defense of British soldiers after the Boston Massacre. Robespierre, by contrast, labored under a crabbed, crass perversion of Enlightenment philosophy that allowed no room for disagreement or human foible. Those who did not share that vision were packed off to the guillotine; some 17,000 were beheaded during the Terror. By equating Virtue with Terror, Robespierre set a comforting precedent for every subsequent despot from...
Graduate studies also differ. As many as "ten to fifteen theses lead to a degree corresponding to the American Ph.D.," Tigyi explained, while about 50 are required for the highest science degree, "Doctor of Science." This in turn may mean election to the Academy of Sciences. Once elected, scientists re- ceive financial support from the Academy...
...imagine the conceivable Mysteries, the Persephone complex, hysteria, male envy of females, creativity, the cult of Dionysos, the effect of alcohol on fantasy, involvement in reality, and mental health? Does any of this help explain why Rudy Kats has found that college males whose verbal-math SAT scores differ by more than 100 points drink much more heavily than thoses whose scores differ less...