Word: equilibrium
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...becomes more attractive to the Underemployed, relatively speaking, than to Managers or Labor. Underemployed living outside of the city notice the platitude of low-cost housing in the stagnating city, and migrate there. This migration continues until the rent and-or availability of Underemployed Housing is brought roughly into equilibrium with that of surrounding areas, or other aspects of city life become so unattractive that they keep prospective immigrants home...
...personal and political authenticity could be effective against Richard Nixon in the general election. The question now is whether Muskie will survive that long, or be eliminated in one of the primaries or at the convention. His campaign has, like the candidate himself, a certain steadiness, equilibrium rather than passion. Whether it is enough to be the sober centrist in a divided party remains to be seen, as does Muskie's capacity to adapt, grow and learn now that the race is beginning in earnest...
...dare to say at this point which voyage will ultimately prove more vital for the survival of mankind. Peace is a desperate need, but curiosity and adventure are profoundly encoded in the human brain. Peace is also a slow, perilous process of equilibrium, but deep space is a siren summoning the race to an unimaginable catalogue of unknowns. To reach the moon is only to touch the rattle dangling over the crib. The reach has lost its magic-or perhaps not yet really found it-because like infants, men scarcely can conceive of what lies beyond in space and time...
...distinguish the problems of form and function in Mather House. As a collection of masses, the building succeeds admirably. The tower balances with Peabody Terrace, the low-rise balances with Dunster House, and the idea of an interior space gives the whole affair a kind of lumbering cosmic equilibrium. Terra cotta was the original choice for the exterior faces, and the texture which it would have provided might have prevented the tower from looking like a rouged waffle-iron...
...somewhat different reasons, Kissinger agreed that policy planning should be centered in the White House. For Kissinger, the balance-of-power diplomat, had long believed that world equilibrium was based on the constant threat of force, and thatrespect for the United States rested on the fear of its enormous military machine. At times, secret talks and well-placed overtures could avert military engagements that were not in the interest of the United States; at others, where an escalation to armed conflict seemed necessary, the decisions must be made and the orders carried out by a few top men who acted...