Word: dismissal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...emanate from rapidly rotating neutron stars in the far reaches of space - had just been discovered. Arecibo Director Frank Drake let Wilhelm listen a audio signals originating light-years away. Recalls Wilhelm: "It was a little like putting a stethoscope to the heart of the universe. Drake did not dismiss the possibility, however slight, that pulsars might in fact be navigation beacons used by an advanced civilization. I was hooked...
...legitimate to dismiss political responses to the article as "brutish," "intolerable," and "unforgivable" because they "affront...Professor Herrnstein's personality...
Casey's fans dismiss the fact that he stepped into his job with little Wall Street experience. He was a heavy contributor to the Republican National Committee and a law partner of its former chairman, Leonard Hall, before the President picked him for the SEC chairmanship last winter. The appointment ran into trouble in the Senate Banking Committee, where Casey was grilled at length about his role in three civil lawsuits between 1962 and 1965, two of which involved securities. He was finally approved by the Senate in March...
...whom is Anais Nin irresponsible? Her personal life does not warrant our moralizations. Is she irresponsible to her own talents? The question is tenuous, but provocative. Is she irresponsible to the personnages in this diary, most notably Gore Vidal, Edmund Wilson, and Henry Miller? It is tempting to dismiss the question of Anais Nin's responsibility or lack of it because of her inconsequence as a writer. But because she deals with people about whom the slightest bits of information will be cherished--Henry Miller, Edmund Wilson. Otto Rank, Lawrence Durrell--her place in literary history is secured. An evaluation...
Hoover hired a famous Washington newsman--Henry Suydam of the old Brooklyn Eagle--to teach him the skills of public relations and image-making. Within a year he had learned them so well that he was able to dismiss his flack, and carry the Bureau's public relations himself. He has done so with great success ever since...