Word: grainedness
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And so, in sometimes ludicrous ways, politicians were swaggering all over America in 1984. Walter Mondale, acutely aware of his "wimp" image, used the words tough or strength 25 times during the second debate. Reagan incessantly used sports metaphors: "Isn't it great to see America scoring touchdowns again...
After a few short but interminable seconds, U.S. Astronaut Neil Armstrong placed his foot firmly on the fine-grained surface of the moon. The time was 10:56 p.m., E.D.T., July 20, 1969. Pausing briefly, the first man on the moon spoke the first words on lunar soil:
*Iconoclastic I F. Stone, who grained fame in the 60s for his newsletter investigating U S involvement in Vietnam spent two weeks at Harvard, meeting with students and delivering a three-part lecture series on Plato Speaking matter-of-faculty, sitting down with no notes. Stone filled the Kennedy School...
It was 29 years ago that Bonjour Tristesse, a short novel by an 18-year-old schoolgirl, Françoise Sagan, sold a record-breaking 1.5 million copies in France. Translations soon topped bestseller lists throughout Europe and in the U.S. A tale of worldly intrigue and adolescent sex, the...
HOPE MAY BE the most irrational force on earth. When' Poland began its brief flirtation with dignity two years ago, everyone knew it was only a matter of days before the Soviets took exception A matter of days attached into a matters of weeks, but, still, who could believe? And...