Word: insistence
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...flaw in Nixon's moves was one that has so far marked-and may come to plague-his Administration. It is his tendency to take cautious half-steps in the hope of appeasing critics who demand leaps, while avoiding angering those who insist that he stand fast. However laudable each small act, this course in the end satisfies no one and it leaves him open to the charge that he cares more about the illusion of action than about substantive change. Without any cooperation from Hanoi, it is difficult to see what else Nixon can do, short...
...extreme version of carrying on the presidency (or any other executive job) is the hectic style of Lyndon Johnson. Its danger is that it can exhaust the nerves and make mistakes inevitable. But the other extreme may be equally dangerous: for a President to insist on an air of effortless efficiency, to wrap himself in an illusion of serenity. It is a species of solipsism ("L'état c'est moi") for a President to imagine that the national realities always conform to his own mood of equanimity...
...lifted rigs over the fragile country with giant Sikorsky Skycrane helicopters. For its part, the Federal Government says it will enforce water-quality standards in the area. Because it owns vast amounts of the North Slope as yet unopened to oil exploration, the Government is in a position to insist upon whatever guidelines it can devise to control development and minimize damage to the Arctic ecology...
Merchants, including supermarket and drugstore owners, report that cigarette sales in Greenfield are off 30%. Out of the 363 smokers who vowed to quit, 134 claim to have gone the full 30 days without. Another 21 insist that they "almost stopped," limiting themselves to "snitching" an occasional quick drag; 50 say that they cut their consumption of cigarettes by more than half. With several dozen Greenfielders still on vacation and therefore unpolled, only 69 admit to promiscuously violating the no-smoking pledge...
...titles of six poems in a row, even an interesting date. This, son, makes for interesting (if effortless) reading; and that is what gets A's. Underline them, capitalize them, insert them in outline form; make sure we don't miss them. Why do you think all exams insist at the top. "Illustrate:" Be Specific:" etc? They mean it. The illustrations, of course, needn't be singularly relevant, but they must be there. If Vague Generalities are anathema, sparkling chips of concrete scattered through your bluebook will have you up for sainthood. Or at least Dean's List. Name...