Word: latently
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...glinting knives in the back than is usual in a place where power can be determined by how close you sit to the Oval Office. The Carter staff is more relaxed and more approachable than any other White House group in recent years. Their chief flaw is not some latent imperial instincts but their lack of Washington savvy. Their total experience in government lies in their years with Carter; they are not yes men by any means, but they bring no new insights, no sensitivities honed under different pressures...
...terrorist act is sure to receive the widest possible attention. There is no need to cry in the wilderness when anyone so inclined can plead his case on national television. Says Atlanta Psychiatrist Alfred Messer: "If someone has a latent wish to commit a criminal act, he can be galvanized by the media. He can act out any grandiose fantasies or make up for a sense of impotence...
...North." Almost as irritating has been the U.S. habit of ignoring the Southern Hemisphere except in times of crisis. Last week the independent but influential Commission on U.S.-Latin American Relations issued a trenchant appeal for change in U.S. policy, "not because of hidden dangers, but because of latent opportunities...
When Dwight Eisenhower began to paint by the numbers, thousands of aging Americans who had harbored a secret conviction that they were latent Rembrandts set up easels and began to daub burnt umber and indigo onto keyed spaces of their canvas kits...
...wonders at the extent to which she has merged with the character of Lorna Charles. By the end, it seems as though the actors and the characters they portray on screen/stage are not so distinct after all, that the latter are largely excuses for the former to act out latent dimensions of their own personalities...