Word: fitful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...both assertions are true, unilateral initiative is impossible, world opinion impotent, and "pacific" factions subversive. Mr. Hobson blithely assumes that both assertions are false and that East and West have something to gain from reduction of tension; he might have given some proof. Some situations in international relations may fit Osgood's idyllic see-saw model, but most seem more like a tug-of-war, in which any slack released by one side is immediately snatched up by the other...
...control area is arranged so the knobs, switches, and levers can be comfortably reached from a centrally placed chair. Special de-humidifiers keep cellar fit for storage of tapes and discs. In short, everything has been though and provided to make the installation complete as possible...
...single type of student is sought. The criteria are much the same for the Harvard Studentship as for the Fiske award. The committee is looking for an intelligent, interesting ambassador for the United States and for Harvard. The student is entrusted to live his year as he sees fit. The continuation of the Harvard Studentship tradition depends upon the man selected by those who best know the tradition, in fact, who helped make...
...addition to the versatile Testa, the death list included some burglars, a thief, and a suspected juice dealer. Since the killings began, the possibility that they may fit into a master plan of thugicide has fascinated Chicago, a town that has never lost its interest in organized murder. But the most popular theory is that the hoods are being killed in unrelated fights over the crumbs left by the syndicate bosses, who, under police pressure, have been cutting down operations. Says Deputy Police Superintendent Joseph Morris: "These fellows were all messenger boys. If they were controlled by the syndicate...
...returning the orchestra to its prewar eminence, Von Karajan had first to win the confidence of his players. They had reluctantly voted him in as conductor in 1955 because he was the only candidate fit to fill Furtwangler's shoes. But many recalled and resented the rivalry for musical preferment between Von Karajan and Furtwangler that had raged for years, and they further resented Von Karajan's playboy reputation as a driver of sports cars and a skipper of his own 50-ton yacht...