Word: effective
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...earth if only it has the will. In 1893, Historian Frederick Jackson Turner described the American qualities born of frontier life: "That coarseness and strength combined with acuteness and inquisitiveness; that practical, inventive turn of mind, quick to find expedients; that masterful grasp of material things, powerful to effect great ends; that restless, nervous energy; and withal that buoyancy and exuberance which comes with freedom." All this could be applied to causes even more arduous-and at least as worthy-as reaching the moon. But it can happen only with the help of two forces that are extremely hard...
...said. "If anything happens to me, Bobby will take my place, and if Bobby goes, we have Teddy coming along." There were also family responsibilities. Joe Kennedy, the patriarch of the clan, was partially paralyzed and only partly conscious of what happened around him, and Ted was now in effect acting as father to 15 children, three of his own, ten of his brother Robert's (an eleventh child was born later) and, until Jacqueline Kennedy's remarriage, two of John...
...could not be considered as very important. As the U.S. expected, Peking immediately denounced them, though in fairly calm language. Obviously, few Americans will be given entry visas by Peking. While the announcement probably brought joy to the shop owners in Hong Kong, the $100 allowance will have little effect on the economy there or in China (see BUSINESS). But in diplomacy, symbolism is often as valuable as substance. The move betokened American willingness to try to reduce tensions with the Chinese, an effort pleasing to many of the U.S.'s Asian allies. Equally important, it let the Soviet...
...evoked some doubts. Nixon said he had directed three Government agencies "to compile a balanced and objective educational program to bring the facts to every American-especially our young people." But in light of the generation gap in attitudes toward drugs, preachments from elders are likely to have little effect upon youth. On one issue, however, the President might have been speaking for his professional critics. "Proper evaluation and solution of the drug problem has been severely handicapped by a dearth of scientific information-and the prevalence of ignorance and misinformation." To gain the necessary new knowledge, the President said...
...increase in the price of gold. U.S. officials hoped to force South Africa to dump its gold on free markets in London and Switzerland and thus drive the free-market price down to the $35-per-ounce level that prevails in deals between governments. The boycott apparently had little effect. South Africa has obviously not been dumping gold on the free markets, because prices in London and Switzerland have remained about $40 per ounce...