Word: lessness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...visit to Hanoi this feeling of impotence is compounded by her inability to relate to the North Vietnamese who strike her as opaque and child-like in their great generosity and formality. This admission reflects two of her best traits: her refusal to examine any phenomenon with less than all of her formidable critical powers and her honesty. She relies totally on what she sees and feels and will not lapse into cliches. This is quite a feat when you are writing about a nation which your government is trying to exterminate...
...considerably less in touch with student politics. He still asserts that Harvard's educational-existential problems-and not R. O. T. C.-were the real cause of last spring's restlessness. Like Ford, May dealt with the Moratorium as an act of conscience instead of a political tactic. "The analogy I would use is Yom Kippur," he said. If the conscience of people in the community moves them not to take part in the University on a particular day, the Faculty ought to respect their conscientious beliefs." But May will not guarantee deference when the University itself is under protest...
...scale of Intolerance is only slightly less astounding than the amount of control Griffith had over it. Its Babylonian main hall, over a mile deep, was fashioned to the smallest detail by carpenters whom Griffith instructed day to day. There was no more a script or a scenarist than there were blueprints or a set-designer: Griffith shot from his head...
Long War. The chip controversy is the latest battle in the long war that traditional foods have been losing to various substitutes. Fewer calories, less cholesterol, no refrigeration, uniform quality and many other claims have been used to persuade the U.S. consumer to switch to nondairy creamers in her coffee, orange-flavored breakfast drinks, soybean meal in hamburger, and simulated bacon. Sales of fabricated foods are rising, but many people feel that the old-time products taste better...
...When the astronomers realized that the advanced version would not be ready in time, an extra copy of the earlier OSO-IV telescope was pressed into service (the Observatory had built a prototype, a flight instrument, and a spare for that satellite). This instrument was overhauled and improved in less than a year-an unusually short time for space hardware...