Word: factly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...YEAR OF THE WHALE, by Victor B. Scheffer. The most awesome of mammals has been left alone by literary men almost since Moby Dick. Now Dr. Scheffer, a scientist working for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, writes of the whale's life cycle with a mixture of fact and feeling that evokes Melville's memory...
...issues on the grounds that his comments could hinder him if he should actually sit on such cases. He did, however, rebut the conflict-of-interest charge vehemently. Stuttering slightly, he not only denied any impropriety, but also held that since his company was not directly involved, he in fact had an obligation not to disqualify himself from the textile-company case...
Already beatified among protesters as "the Chicago Eight," the defendants are the first to be indicted under the antiriot provision of the 1968 civil rights act. The provision was tacked onto the bill by a conservative Senate coalition led by South Carolina's Strom Thurmond. It may, in fact, be unconstitutional. A host of local, state and federal laws already cover acts of incitement to riot. What the antiriot provision defines as criminal is the "intent" to incite to riot. Thus the law prescribes a fine of $10,000 or five years in prison-or both-for anyone...
What caused the almost palpable air of excitement and expectation was the fact that for the first time in the postwar era, Germans are facing the prospect of a neck-and-neck race. There is even a chance-if only a slim one-that after 20 years at the helm, the Christian Democrats may wind up in the opposition and that West Germany might be run by a Socialist-led government...
...going loud and strong. It always went loud and strong. Television is an immensely important fact for mental hospitals. It provides an automatic something-to-do. If I'm just wandering around the ward or coming back from supper or from the bathroom, I'll have to pass the TV and since it provides constant change and because it's something that is acceptable to sit in front of while doing nothing it is tremendously attractive. You can almost fool yourself into thinking that you're watching TV. But really watching implies participation which means activity. And activity, as opposed...