Word: existant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...should be self-evident that this sort of self-righteous moral arrogance has no place in a free community. It denies the most fundamental of all the values we hold: respect for the rights of others." Arguing against the rationale of violence, he observed: "Avenues of peaceful change do exist. Those who can make a persuasive case for changes they want can achieve them...
...Senate met only twice last week. House leaders privately admit that they are scrounging for enough official business to keep the lower chamber functioning three days a week. Representative Otis Pike of New York told constituents in a recent newsletter: "Congress as a legislative operation has almost ceased to exist...
...industrialization. At present, he must rely largely on the army to help him run the country. Outside China, Maoism commands the allegiance of only one ruling party, in Albania, and a handful of insignificant parties (including those in New Zealand, Burma, Thailand). But Maoist factions and splinter parties exist in many countries, and Mao has become a hero to the New Left...
...high threshold for pain. Many more, who do not try to suppress their feelings, admit to having a low threshold. There is no physiological evidence of any differences in the pain sensors and therefore in the basic pain sensations in these two groups. Whatever differences there are apparently exist entirely in the emotional reactions. These also vary with cultural attitudes. The stoicism of the American Indian and the Chinese is proverbial, although ethnic variations in sensitivity have not been proved. Descendants of "old American" families make a greater effort to suppress their reactions to pain than other cultural groups, such...
Fortunately, the possibility that living organisms exist on the moon is remote. But if they do exist, and in turn infect the astronauts, the Apollo 11 flight may indeed be an historic event...