Word: gropes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Soviet Union comes, at last, to be an expected natural force, like the weather. For Russians mistrust individualism. As a people they have a massive sense of inferiority and vulnerability - they have been threatened and conquered too often. Smith and Kaiser note the irony: dissidents may always grope for the democracy of the West. But the Soviet heart is no longer a rebel. Today's Russian revolution is a series of fitful individual protests. It is not precisely the "class struggle" that Karl Marx had in mind. ∙Lance Morrow
...coming up, because the actor invariably stares meaningfully off-stage before saying it. But Birsh has left the actors with nothing to do with their hands as they stare into space, and the result is a series of painful moments in which both the audience and the actor grope for some definite issue...
...this atmosphere, leaders did not so much lead as grope and listen intently for signals that were slow in coming. The wise chief of state was the one who did not move too far ahead of people in no mood for rash undertakings. It was not a period in which a single Man of the Year could decisively emerge...
...restricted majors, to see if their elitist rationale can be defended; discussion of whether non-honors concentrations should be offered at all; and an analysis of the tutorial system. Paul C. Martin, professor of Physics and chairman of this task force, stresses that the group must first "grope with the logic of the existence of concentrations." One member can only remark--"Whether it's just fine-tuning the system or if radical change is coming remains to be seen...
...recession forced many traditional liberals to grope their way down the unfamiliar path of restraint. But the trip may not be just temporary. President Ford's popularity is rising in part because he vetoed bills that were perceived by the people as congressional grab bags. New York City is viewed in Washington as a classic example of ambitious social spending gone too far, of a liberal-dominated polity gorging itself on promises that could not be fulfilled. More broadly, that organ of liberal theory the New Republic warned in an editorial that the growing "fear of big government, intervening...