Word: familiarization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Cauthorne who attended his last Commencement in 1964 was a familiar figure at the head of the line of Harvard alumni at the annual Commencement meeting...
...territory was familiar to the fighting men of the U.S. 1st Cavalry (Airmobile). From late January through mid-March, they had swept the scrub-grown slopes and rocky ridges of the An Lao Valley in a furious, 41-day string of fights that killed 1,342 Communist soldiers and netted 250 enemy weapons. The Reds moved back in when the Air Cav left, but last week-on the foggy coastal plain east of An Lao-they received an encore. "Operation Davy Crockett" proved as sharp-eyed as its namesake...
Like all conservative ideologues these days, Espinosa intersperses the familiar litany against executive encroachment with 18th century talk about the "rejection of sovereignty" being the "essence of the preservation of liberty." Unfortunately, those sodbound theorists were talking about the civil liberties he glosses over, not the special economic interests he wants to protect from executive and Congressional regulation. Espinosa also fears that "uninhibited expression" of the will of the majority backing a President with increased power over Congress might lead to a prohibition of anti-war demonstrations. He should take solace in Johnson's reluctance to outlaw a free-speech...
...Slimming the Sensible Way"). Otherwise, the paper plays the same old tune. A big headline blares: "U.S. Troops Told 'Bring Your Own Prostitutes.' " An editorial assures everyone that the Star will champion People, Youth, Justice, as seen through Red eyes. And the paper continues to carry the familiar advertisements: "Men's watches from the U.S.S.R.," "New films from Vietnam," "Wines that please the palate-from the sunny vineyards of Bulgaria...
They were talking about Cheetah, Manhattan's newest and noisiest fun house, which roared into life last week with the growl and din of a gigantic concrete mixer. It had a familiar look, a return to the big, brash scene of the 1930s marathon dance halls, and on opening night some 2,000 invited guests pushed through the door of the Broadway and 53rd Street site known to their parents as the Riviera Terrace and, before that, the Arcadia Ballroom...