Word: exacts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...determination of the precise context in which political action is permissible is that Weber, the arch-rationalist and father of scientific sociology, could do no better than to describe the process in terms as flagrantly imprecise as "somewhere [one] reaches the point" of decision. This failure to be more exact is not due to any lack of mental capacity on Weber's part--it is inherently impossible to find scientific principles on which to base one's judgments and choices...
...apparently authentic saying of Jesus: "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." In the context of Mark's Gospel, it implies an approval of tribute payments to Rome. Brandon suggests that Jesus meant the exact opposite: any Jew worthy of the name knew that Israel and all its treasure belonged to God alone...
...People's Daily even though Grey cannot read Chinese. He grows weary of the Peking Review, an English-language Maoist propaganda magazine. He has a library in his upstairs quarters, but is not allowed to go there; if he wants a book, he must request it by exact title, word for word. He is tormented by the fact that he has forgotten the names of most of his books...
...Fatah is one of several similar clandestine organizations. While no one can be sure of the exact numbers involved, Fatah is the most prominent and the largest of them. To the Israelis, the raiders are terrorists and thugs, inept and indiscriminate in their missions. To the Arabs, they are freedom fighters in the best guerrilla tradition, skilled in the arts of the commando and the saboteur. The world knows them best as the fedayeen, meaning "men of sacrifice," a disparate group of clandestine plotters often at odds with one another, who play a large part in keeping the Middle East...
Brigham said that the exact cost of the proposed projects was not yet certain, although HUD has already earmarked $870,000 to pay for any programs in the area not covered by other Federal funding. Since the Model Cities program tries to funnel Federal money from diverse agencies into one area, the ultimate cost of the first year program--if Washington gives Cambridge all the money it wants--will probably be several times the $870,000 figure, Brigham said...