Word: equalize
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Unseating an incumbent President is a formidable challenge, but even so, some newly confident G.O.P. leaders think that the party will prove equal to the task. And who knows?given such volatile ingredients as Viet Nam, the racial crisis, the uncertain economy and the volcanic personality of Lyndon B. Johnson? "The next convention," said an Iowa Republican, "is going to be looking for a man to win an election, not just someone to run a race...
Cramer has devised an alternate test to discover psychological problems. A student will, through earphones, hear the same story told in both ears. At a crucial point in the narrative, the left ear will hear one word, while the right will hear another word of equal length. For example, in a story about a man and a woman, the important pair of words might be "he killed/kissed her." It has been proven that the student's mind will subconsciously choose to record only one of the words; which one is chosen becomes the psychologist's problem...
...past SDS has made a number of pertinent points about the war in Vietnam and the draft. However, they have combined these viewpoints with an equal dose of radical solutions so as to make their general philosophy totally unpalpable to the community. Assuredly, the group had quite a few serious questions to ask our controversial Secretary of Defense, but the street or an angry mob was neither the environment nor the instrument by which to discuss these topics...
...Crook, who didn't see action against the Bruins but who should start in The Game, has 14 receptions and 4 touchdown catches of his own. Cook needs one more scoring snare to equal the present mark...
...19th century recedes into perspective, it becomes clear that the age was in every respect the equal of the great art epochs of the past and that among its greatest giants was Edouard Manet, one of the first artists to concern himself exclusively with modern times. "We laugh at Monsieur Manet," wrote Emile Zola 100 years ago. "It will be our sons who go into ecstasies over his canvases." Indeed, he is now ranked with Cezanne as one of the major precursors of 20th century painting. The problem is that his once scorned works are now so highly prized...