Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...immensely important. King Bhumibol Adulyadej seems all but divine to his Buddhist masses-an impression enhanced by the tradition that people must approach him crawling along the floor on hands and knees. But he is really a modern monarch, using the ancient ways and rituals to carry his country forward. Theoretically he is a figurehead, limited to ceremonial functions. Beneath the surface he keeps up a mosaic of relationships that make him the most influential man in the kingdom; no governmental change could succeed without his legitimizing...
...tactics of Delta warfare are far from ideal. Helicopters swoop in low and drop troops in the open. Other armed choppers orbit overhead, ready to help out if the enemy is in the trees, but the infantryman must slog forward, sinking up to his knees at times in oozing, smelly mud, wading through canals that cut across the fields every few hundred yards, and finally rushing into the village to overrun the enemy's positions. Vietnamese troops, who seldom weigh much more than 100 Ibs., move with considerable ease through the mud and can keep going from sunup...
...adjust the scales and compensate those students in schools of low academic quality, the Selective Service authorities asked colleges last year to compute and forward students' class ranks. This guarantees the better students in each school a deferment. Ranking has now become an integral part of the 2-S deferment -- an attempt to render more equitable an inherently discriminatory system...
...stringy, 6-ft. 7-in. forward who was the No. 1 college scorer at the University of Miami two years ago, Barry, 22, is the deadliest "gunner" to hit the N.B.A. since Oscar Robertson in 1960. Last season he averaged 25.7 points a game, was voted N.B.A. Rookie of the Year. Star rookies often suffer from "the sophomore jinx" during their second pro season, but Barry is bombarding the basket at a fantastic rate. Last week he poured in 40 points as the San Francisco Warriors beat the Baltimore Bullets 120-110. After 21 games, Rick was averaging 38.5 points...
...great President. His reasons: Kennedy made the nuclear deterrent credible, and he made clear the social and economic problems that face the U.S. For a third criterion of greatness, Alsop offers an odd suggestion: "As far as nature will permit young American males now brush thei: hair forward and out, in a sort of prow to make it look as much like John Kennedy's hair as possible...