Word: exploits
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...were not so much musical as human and emotional. It's a little misleading to think of him as merely a singer. What he attempted to do was to transcend the artifice of the song. Most singers are more or less content with the pleasantness of the artifice, and exploit it. An actor must never seem to be just a guy saying some lines he has memorized. When that happens, the result is ludicrous and the profession seems puerile...
...when Black Power Advocate William L. Strickland purred ugly platitudes labeling the U.S. "fundamentally a racist nation," the usually imperturbable Senator snapped: "I just don't agree." It was clear already that one problem he faces will be to shake off the extremist groups that will try to exploit him as they did Henry Wallace 20 years...
...look beyond Viet Nam and consider where we shall stand and with whom we shall sit when this conflict ceases," said Dirksen in a joint statement with House Republican Leader Gerald Ford. "The Congress and the people have seen all too little evidence of genuine effort to explore and exploit the diplomatic opportunities available to us in this regard." Moreover, said Dirksen, the election of "a Republican Administration that committed itself to peace" would have a "very wholesome and healthy effect...
...several meetings between the city and the two institutions to discuss ways of meeting Cambridge's snowballing needs. Three alternatives emerged. The city could raise the tax rate; it could develop more effective ways of using federal programs; or it could devise some scheme to enable various groups to exploit development opportunities -- a suggestion which had the added attractiveness of increasing the city's tax base. The decision was not very difficult. Raising taxes was politically unwise, and probably the weakest solution in any case. Alternatives two and three remained...
Neatly reversing his field, Mr. Dirksen accused his onetime ally in the White House of doing too little "to exploit" diplomatic opportunities for peace. There is no doubt that Mr. Dirksen is correct. Several times in the past two years--most notably during the Tet truce in early 1967--President Johnson has spurned what appeared to be enemy peace talk overtures. It should be recalled, of course, that in February, President Johnson's refusal to trigger talks by stopping the bombing was supported by Senator Dirksen...