Word: eying
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sukarno's political powers waned, so it seemed did his chronophobia. At a palace reception, as he was boasting how he had banned Beatle music and Beatle haircuts, McCulloch's gleaming pate caught his eye. "Haw," beamed the Bung, "this TIME and LIFE fellow doesn't have to worry about Beatle haircuts, does he?" Then he leaned close to McCulloch and, as though imparting a state secret, whispered: "But do not worry, my friend. Grass never grows on a busy street...
...African Unity, was in Malawi for Banda's inauguration when he suddenly found some of his pet schemes under scathing attack during a Banda press conference. "I didn't fight the British to exchange British imperialism for Eastern imperialism," Banda snapped. Then looking Telli straight in the eye, Banda shouted: "I mean that! I'm saying that because you are here. You can expel Malawi from the O.A.U." As Telli shrank lower and lower in his chair, Banda sneered at African countries that claim Socialist countries are their friends: "Tell that to the marines, not to Kamuzu...
...third is under the chairmanship of Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher of New Jersey, who has cast a cold eye on the use of lie detectors and mail interception. One of Gallagher's chief targets is the proposal for a consolidated data center, which would computerize all the known facts concerning every U.S. citizen drawn from so cial security files, military records, census responses, school records, credit agencies, court records, tax returns, insurance forms, etc., and present them to the inquiring bureaucrat at the touch of a button. Who should be allowed to push that button is what Gallagher...
Perhaps the only possible answer is that privacy must be fought for resolutely step by step: the door closed, the questionnaire ignored, the mass resisted, the electronic eye out-stared, the moment of silence stolen and cherished. That way does not lie loneliness or selfishness but the best, indeed the only way toward community. For only in the healing and sometimes illuminating moments of privacy can a man make himself truly fit to live with others...
...looks are deceiving. The damage appears to be substantial and even frightening to the untrained eye, and workmen have to tear the walls down to the level where the bricks are bulging and cracked. Only one of the faults has been corected, so far, but one of the workmen said that his company was not going to work on the other crack because "Harvard doesn't have enough money...