Word: elements
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Most of the essays are tantalizingly short, far too short to answer the questions they raise. This is more apparent with three dozen of them gathered together. The thematic element is lacking: Newman has not cared to make his scientific values explicit, or to defend his obvious and probably justified bias for mathematics in the scheme of things. True, Science and Sensibility is offered as the compendium of personal interests; but I still believe that Newman's concerns must be bound together by more than a Scientific American cover...
Hamlin was an uncertain element right up until the starting gun, since he had been unable to practice all week because of a sore knee. But injury and all, the 6 ft., 2 in. senior ran the greatest race of his career and set a new course record with a blistering 24:17 time. The effort left Yale's favored Bobby Mack 11 seconds and 70 yards behind at the finish...
...been the practice in the past for the liberal element in the Democratic Party to take the Republicans to task for aiding or even merely putting up with so-called "McCarthyism"--an admittedly loose term which usually means irresponsible allegations of Comunist Party affiliation or sentiment by political candidates in the context of a campaign for public office...
...Kelly's tactics have been roundly condemned in the press. However, the so-called liberal element of the Democratic Party has been notable by its silence. This is especially true with respect to two avowed liberals on the same ticket with Mr. Kelly--Mr. Edward M. Kennedy and Endicott Peabody. Their reluctance to disassociate themselves from these charges will cause many voters to regard their reaction as tacit approval. If this is the case, then it would appear that the opposition voiced in the past against such tactics was aimed more at reducing its effectiveness as used against Democrats than...
Within a year after Castro's rise to power, many DRE leaders began charging that Fidel had betrayed the ideals of the revolution. Castro reciprocated by jailing, shooting, or exiling most of the right-wing element in the Directorate. In late 1960 the disaffection became so widespread the DRE leadership left Cuba and set up exile headquarters in Miami...