Word: learnedness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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En route to the final ceremonies next day, McNamara, Johnson and eleven others got stuck in the Pentagon's elevator No. 13 for twelve minutes. Once outside, they learned that a chilling rain had forced the cancellation of an Air Force and Navy flyover. After four 105-mm. howitzers...
Published as a 35? paperback, a $1 plastic-covered edition and a $3.95 hard cover, the Society translation, called Good News for Modern Man, is a straightforward rendering of the Greek text in precise, simplified language. Although designed primarily for readers who have learned English as a second language, Good...
Although conservative agents mutter in their tweeds about such practices, many have learned the game. Yet Meredith remains the master auctioneer. For Mystery Writer Evan Hunter, he got a $550,000 advance on two novels and nine "Ed McBain" thrillers; for Irving Shulman (Valentino), $100,000 apiece for his next...
Astonishingly, the lessons of the recent Indonesian episode have not been learned. A Communist revolution was crushed by indigenous forces and American officials claim that the U.S. presence in Vietnam "encouraged" the Indonesian army and people to resist the Communists. This account does not gibe with the fact that at...
The switch to American squash has forced Nayar to change his style. In India English squash balls are used. They're softer than those used here, and consequently corner shots are faster in American play. "I haven't yet learned to anticipate these corner shots," Nayar said.