Word: distorts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...massacre may be only one betrayal of American ideals; but is it possible that there have been other betrayals? My Lai is a token of the violence that trembles beneath the surface of American life; where else, and in what ways will it explode? How much injustice and corruption distort the reality of democracy that the U.S. offers to the world? The answers are debatable; the questions...
...reach the public. They decide what 40 to 50 million Americans will learn of the day's events in the nation and in the world." Such vast and unchecked power in the hands of a "small and unelected elite," the Vice President claimed, has served to distort traditional rhythms of "normality" -"our national search for internal peace and stability." Gresham's law, he said, "seems to be operating in the network news. Bad news drives out good. Concurrence can no longer compete with dissent. One minute of Eldridge Cleaver is worth ten minutes of Roy Wilkins...
...accepted notion that boys and girls should ignore each other until puberty and then concentrate heavily on dating can also distort parental attitudes. If a mother catches a little boy playing doctor with a little girl under the porch and tells him he has been bad, says Gebhard, she may be subtly telling him that sex with girls is bad: "Anything that discourages heterosexuality encourages homosexuality." If an uptight parent or teacher catches an impressionable adolescent boy in sexual experiments with other boys and leaps to the conclusion that he is a homosexual, the scoldings he gets may make...
...this activity, found Lowenstein to be a source of constant obstruction. He has come around now that he has no other choice, lest he be outflanked by Senator Harris. The press created the myth that Lowenstein drove Johnson out of office, and it should not be allowed to similarly distort the facts about October...
...Whitney to provide an engine thrust of 41,500 Ibs. As the weight of the plane rose during development, however, the engineers had to revise this figure to 43,500 Ibs.-all within the original production schedule. When the engine strains for that much power, its casing tends to distort or "ovalize." That, in turn, reduces the amount of thrust and raises fuel consumption by 5%. Pratt & Whitney engineers are trying to find a way of installing stiffening rods that would eliminate distortion of the casing. The Federal Aviation Administration will have to approve any engine change...