Word: esotericisms
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An immediate problem that needs the most serious attention is the prospect that we shall be moving the arms race into outer space. Without getting into the scientific and technical debate as to whether antiballistic missile capabilities are possible through such esoteric space weapons, two things should be clear. First...
Publishers have found that executives are willing to pay a fancy price for sleek and functional models. Some diaries are like almanacs, thumb-indexed to bring elusive and obscure statistics within quick reach. Others serve as miniature filing cabinets to gather up all those scraps of paper that litter a...
The presidency of Ronald Reagan, marked by its harsh criticism of SALT II, signaled a new era in superpower diplomacy and heightened Talbott's interest in arms control. During the past three years, he has gathered information week by week, talking with officials at various levels in numerous agencies...
Grants from the Ford Foundation swelled House coffers in the '50s, with each House Committee determining how the money should be used. Dunster House set up a summer's travel in Europe for promising juniors, Eliot sponsored speakers' tables which invited the likes of then-Secretary of State Dean Acheson...
1943: A few days after 18-year-old Oona O'Neill had described her eight-month acquaintance with Charles Chaplin as "entirely on the esoteric side," the comedian packed sleek, sloe-eyed Oona into a car, picked up the certificate and a case of champagne at Santa Barbara, sped...