Word: idea
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seems that some time between Da Vinci and World War II, the idea of a single candidate for "Man of the Year" has become impossible, presumptuous, and a little bit of a gimmick. The complexities of modern civilization indicate the diversity and richness of a Barnard in medicine, the Beatles in music, possibly a "Leary" Johnson in politics, and a Paul in peace. Is there a man who stands for all of these...
...treaty, and pledged his word never to reveal the facts. We at the Tribune believe it was a Chinese diplomat who gave us his copy. The negotiations took place in a stalled taxi in the middle of the Place de la Concorde-this was Lewis' brilliant idea-the only place in the world safe from being overheard. The treaty was mysteriously dropped through the letter slot at the Tribune, wrapped in a piece of Chinese silk (some say a kimono). It would have been treasonable to publish the treaty, but Hunt got Senator Borah to start reading...
...Greek Revival architecture in the U.S. Off and flying, Biddle injected the national conscience into a battle over Hawaii's Diamond Head. Financier Chinn Ho's plan to develop apartments on the extinct volcano's seaward slope sparked an eruption of Hawaiian sentiment against the idea. Said Biddle: "There is a place for high-rise development, but must it be on the slopes of your greatest monument?" Now embattled preservationists have begun to sway the Honolulu city council against the rezoning plan...
...integers of that formula are community development, civic responsibility, personal hygiene. So they often try to impose their own North American structures--the mothers club, the Boy Scout troop--onto communities which have for generations been highly structured according to their own culture. They try to impose the idea of civic loyalty that one finds in stable middleclass American towns onto rapidly growing Latin cities that are both poor and politically complex...
...cannot discuss this idea seriously with the people who run the Peace Corps. They say that although we are certainly correct in theory, in practice we have to understand that any such a radical proposal would certainly be rejected by Congress. And they continue to administer the organization in the way we have tried to criticize, that Latins keep telling us they find so offensive...