Word: fitful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Self-Assured. Many perils lie ahead as African colonialism gives way to the ferocity of raw new nationalism across a continent so large that the U.S., India, Pakistan and China together could fit within its boundaries. How it all turns out will depend largely on the new crop of young leaders rising to prominence in the peaceful revolution's wake. They are a mixed lot: clerks, teachers, village firebrands, and bush politicians with considerable native talent but little background or experience for the task of nation-building. Yet they walk onto the world stage with uncommon self-assurance...
...believe, however, that in some countries the church should make use of the modern methods that have been used to sell products." Questioned as to the "luxury accommodations" enjoyed by him and his team, Billy replied: "We stay where we can get good food and water to keep us fit and well during the campaign, and not all the hotels can be called luxurious. If I rode down the streets in rags on a donkey like Christ, people would say I was doing it for publicity...
...victory. The popular vote tells the story. If a Bostonian can come out here and outdraw a Midwesterner in his own backyard, then to me that's a victory. I don't care what the delegate count says." Obviously, Jack Kennedy was setting the rules to fit his game-i.e., was carefully bracing himself in case Hubert Humphrey should win more Wisconsin delegates than Kennedy. (Of Wisconsin's 31 delegate votes, 25 come from the congressional districts, five go to the winner of the popular vote, one is split between the national committeeman and committee-woman...
...customers. But overseas, the same companies often demand cash on the barrelhead. Nor does the U.S. businessman research his foreign market as he does at home; he is nowhere near as anxious to serve each customer's special needs, is reluctant to modify his product to fit export needs...
Pocket Phone. A portable two-way-radio unit that can fit into the pocket will be put on sale by Globe Electronics of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Powered by a rechargeable battery that lasts a year, the 13½-oz. set is the smallest yet put on the market, has a range up to a mile, requires no license. Price...