Word: elements
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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According to William Griffith a member of M.I.T.'s International Research Institute, there was not involved in the coup any pro-Chinese element which would indicate a build-up of Soviet militancy towards the West. He explained that many Russian objected to Khrushchev's tactics in meeting the Chinese challenge, but not to his basic policy. Griffith agreed with Fainsod that a "general complex of overextension in Khrushchev's policies" was responsible for the premier's overthrow...
...Ghelderod's plays have come to the stage slowly partly because the element of Mystery, common to them, makes them difficult, and partly because of their author's refusal to explain or promote them...
...cushion, the two propellers in the stern roar into action. Starting from a spot 25 miles off the Erie beach, the Hydro-skimmer landed its marines in less than 30 minutes, traversed the last 600 yds. in less than 40 sec., minimizing exposure to potential enemy fire, maximizing the element of surprise. In addition, the marines were landed on the beach itself instead of being dumped into shallow water; none of them suffered from the assault trooper's nemesis, seasickness...
From the freedom movement in the South, Day has drawn another element into his campaign: "I call it a new form of political power--the power we've been aware of ever since the sit-ins began four years ago. It is the power of personal witness. This is the kind of political power that the Negro freedom movement has begun to find in the street. Political power I would define as anything that moves institutions, affects or influences decisions, or brings about change...
...easy to criticize Harvard's black nationalists--to find an element of self-pity in their talk of being "hung up," to suggest that they are really racists, or to say that for all their claims of "realism" they are still hunting for emotional solutions to socio-economic problems. But many are faced with quite genuine "intellectual despair." Basically many have little reason to trust whites. And perhaps most significantly, they know full well what roles they are playing. As one active member of AAAAS pointed out, "There are very few Negroes at Harvard who have half the answers...