Word: fullest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this tendency exclusively American--it has well-developed French, Russian and British counterparts. But the vision of literature as a selfcontained world has achieved its fullest acceptance here, in part because of its perfect suitability for the compartmentalization of disciplines in American universities. More important perhaps, as Quentin Anderson argues in The Imperial Self, has been the powerful strain in American culture which regards the self as radically opposed to the social world, and hence treats the self's creative products as fundamentally unsocial in a way no continental critic could...
...lobby for the fullest possible U S. support at the debate, Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon (see following story) flew to Washington last week for two days of talks with Kissinger and other U.S. officials. Jerusalem is distinctly nervous about the American position, even though it will be put forward by Ambassador to the U.N. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who pleased the Israelis with his stinging attack on the General Assembly resolution equating Zionism with racism. Despite Israeli protestations, the U.S. may, in the end, accept some modification of Resolutions 242 and 338, such as inserting a reference to "the legitimate...
...have such minimal, dismal bathrooms? Mainly, Kira contends, because we "have allowed our taboos and guilts to interfere with the fullest development and realization of our physical and mental well-being." Builders, eager to skimp on space, seldom conceive of the bathroom as an integrated system like the modern kitchen...
...simply radiated delight at the various perquisites, assumed they were no more than we deserved, and enjoyed them to the fullest...
...Fulbright may have a point when he is worried about the spread of an automatic, "emotional mistrust to Government in general." He calls for "a measure of voluntary restraint, an implicit agreement among the major groups and interests in our society that none will apply their powers to the fullest." Not a bad precept-and not an easy one to apply in a system that depends on adversary relationships, among press, politicians and courts, as well as relationships of trust...