Word: letting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...easiest course for Nixon to follow would be to postpone a decision until after he is able to determine the Russian position. This would give the President an opportunity to let the controversy cool. It could also pave the way for a possible summit conference with the Russians in the spring, which has been stated as a long-term Nixon objective...
...That's right, and then after that, let people enjoy what they care to enjoy, what they find within their own range of taste...
...that the student might have compiled in his early years in the graduate school. His pleasure at this revelation was so great that he was even prepared to concede that in that early stage those hated letter-grades might have been a useful shorthand device to let him know where he stood, and so might have been a positive advantage...
...crowd behave as if they were watching a Roman spectacle was frightening. After the Good Guy had pinned the Bad Guy (everyone knows in advance which is which), he would look to the crowd for its verdict. As the crowd roared its merciless answer, the wrestler-turned-gladiator let his opponent have it in the chest...
...let go of something that had once made me laugh. Here was one more thing that was no longer a positive experience for me. Just as seeing the Indians get slaughtered by the Cavalry is no longer something I clap...