Word: expression
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...goal of the Experiment is to purge its trainees of any notion that their problems can be solved by calling the nearest U.S. consulate or American Express office. Thus most Peace Corps trainees go through "Operation Drop-Off," whereby they are simply put down in a big city or an isolated New England town with a few dollars, told to penetrate the "local culture" and survive for up to two weeks on newly formed friendships. Initially, the hazards of the project were more apparent than its benefits. Two Iran-bound trainees could find lodging the first night only...
...canvassers generally express amazement at the warmth with which they are received everywhere, including working class districts. The story is true, however, about the resident on Inman Street who came out swinging when the canvasser rang his bell--his next door neighbor had telephoned a warning that the peaceniks were on their way. But that's the only story of its kind in Cambridge. "We have met no aggressive hostility," Emonds says...
...affair began four months ago, when Chapman Pincher, defense correspondent for the Daily Express, published an article claiming that thousands of cables sent out of England by private citizens were regularly being made available to the security authorities for scrutiny. No sooner had the story appeared than Wilson accused the Express of ignoring two "D Notices"-government memorandums requesting newspapers not to publish specific items of secret information in the interests of national security. Nonsense, replied Express Editor Derek Marks, there was no D Notice involved. Every paper on Fleet Street echoed his scorn...
...Prime Minister appointed three privy councilors to a committee of inquiry. He was soon sorry. Two weeks ago, the committee filed its report. Wilson, it said, was wrong. Another man might have apologized and let the matter drop. The Prime Minister did neither. Having failed to indict the Express, he simply switched his attack to Sammy Lohan. He issued a White Paper accusing the longtime civil servant of not having tried hard enough to stop publication by the Express, and of failing to warn his superiors in time that Pincher's article was about to be published...
...Lecture Series, Man and the Visual Environment: Dr. Donald A. Kennedy, Cultural Anthropologist, Tufts University, on "Man-made Environments Express Cultural Values...