Word: exactions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Precisely because this case is founded upon an imitation of handwriting and could be repeated in the future, I decided to publish the following documents. The first is a comparison of my genuine handwriting with a sample from a forged letter. The handwriting is not an exact copy, but the similarities can be deceiving. It is obvious that the KGB had at its disposal many more samples of my handwriting and signature in the letters that passed through the censor, among them my return address, which they accurately reproduced. They were equally skilled at forging my signature...
...machine. Here enters the "Zen" of the title, in the attentiveness and patience, the carefully attained identification with his work that characterize a good mechanic: "The material and the craftsman's thoughts change together in a progression of smooth, even changes until his mind is at rest at the exact instant the material is right." The good mechanic becomes our own down-home counterpart of the Zen archer...
...come with the gathering flow of mail running as much as 10-1 against the President, the opportunity for enough of the busy Congressmen finally to read through much of the transcripts, and the chain reaction of exchanges among the members in cloakrooms and over coffee. Whatever the exact process, a critical mass was reached, and with it the concatenation of judgments devastating to Richard Nixon...
...Rosenberg/Vrba's charge is the exact replica of what became the official Communist party stance on the nature of the Holocaust--albeit with even greater elaboration. I am not disinclined to believe the charge because of its origins, yet without the presentation of any evidence the characterization of this allegation as "one of the few cases of clear-cut collaboration between the Nazis and the Jews..." is irresponsible and offensive. Just because the author of the article wanted to pursue this particular issue is no excuse for pulling together contradictory phrases and ignoring recorded history. Alternative views of the Holocaust...
...typesetters' demands are "above and beyond the demands of the printers," Paul Golden, vice president of Local 300, said this week. Neither Golden nor the typesetters would disclose the exact increase being sought by the copy center employees...