Word: inhibiting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...critics, from Washington to such vehemently anti-Communist nations as Nationalist China, fear that in his pursuit of compromise, U Thant may gravely inhibit the U.N.'s role as the "conscience of mankind." They may reckon without U Thant's quiet but nonetheless firm belief that peace cannot be achieved through passive neutralism, which would mean a withdrawal from the battle for peace." Pointedly, he has declared: "Whoever occupies the office of the Secretary-General must be impartial, but not necessarily neutral...
...another daily half-gallon per person is recommended for washing and other sanitation purposes. Although water should be stored in plastic or metal containers-blast might break glass bottles-anything would do in an emergency. The food should be imperishable or long-lasting, and neither salty nor sweet, to inhibit thirst. Says Margaret Moore, nutritionist for the Louisiana Board of Health: "Keep a few canned vegetables you can eat cold, to conserve fuel supply. Decide which canned meats you like cold, remembering saltiness. Pickles will help ease thirst, and canned vegetables are an extra source of liquid...
...Would the College be a wonderfully stimulating and rewarding place when every student at entrance was a potential magna or summa man? Or would a precocious academic careerism tend to corrupt the young and inhibit breadth of interest and the disinterested search for understanding and enrichment? Would academic competitiveness be greatly increased and tensions, anxieties and frustrations grow unbearably, particularly for those able students who, perhaps only because they dared to take a course outside their field or had bad luck with an instructor or two, found themselves
...Nixon asked for it. Off for a golf date with Nixon at Maryland's Burning Tree Country Club, Dwight Eisenhower took the same tack: "If he wants my advice, I'll be glad to give it to him." But the lack of an invitation did not inhibit New York's bouncy Governor Nelson Rockefeller, who clearly has his own eye on the 1964 Republican presidential nomination. If Nixon does decide to run for the governorship, opined Rocky helpfully, "I think he'll like...
...little nothing is partly the stepchild of modern transportation-bulkier, more elaborate dresses severely inhibit a woman getting in or out of cramped taxis and automobiles. But technology is not the whole story. As popularized by Jackie Kennedy, the little nothing, its partisans explain, also aims for the look of unostentatious but expensive elegance that goes beyond mere chic. Most little nothings today are essentially grown-up versions of sleeveless, high-necklined junior dresses, unfitted, but figure-suggesting. 'It's almost like walking around in a slip," says a Henri Bendel buyer. "As soon as a dress gets...