Word: echoing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Some of the small carnivora feed near the surface at night and retire during the daytime to a lower level where they can be spotted by echo-sounding devices. Dr. Weiss believes that special vessels could drop flexible hoses into these living strata and suck up enormous quantities of edible zooplankton...
...much-discussed "revival of religion" at the University is not just the property of the President and Corporation. The stepped-up membership drives of student religious organizations and increased student attendance at local churches echo it on another level. There are all sorts of explanations, vague ones like "the religious tenor of the times," specific ones such as the example set by the personal devotion of President Pusey. But regardless of cause, a revival is in the offing, bringing with it the question of whether there is room for expansion of religious life at the University that can enrich, without...
...citizenship, notably the vote. The voting privilege will start at 21 for single men or women, at 18 for the married-on the amiable theory that marriage is an indication of maturity. Only one of 40 Senators spoke out against the amendment. "This," cried Aquiles ElorcLy, in a faint echo of the anticlericalism that used to keep Mexican politics at a low boil, "hands the country to the church." None of the other 39 lawmakers seemed to fear that Mexico's predominantly Roman Catholic women would rush out to form an all powerful, pro-clerical party...
...inspired by the accolade, Kinsey opens his second volume with the words : "There is no ocean of greater magnitude than the sexual function." Kinsey a dedicated explorer, has sailed a long way over that vast and deep ocean, but he has only fled the surface currents. His interviews are echo-soundings. Kinsey's work contains much that is valuable, but it must not be mistaken for the last word...
...reverse echo of Harry Truman's famed comment: "There are too many Byrds in the Senate...