Word: letting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...artful equivocation is an almost impossible concept to explain, but it is easy to demonstrate. Let us take our earlier examination question, "Did the philosophical beliefs of Hume represent the age he lived in?" The equivocator would answer it this way: "Some people believe that David Hume was not necessarily a great philosopher, because his thoughts was merely a reflection of conditions around him colored by his own personality. Others, however, strongly support Hume's greatness on the grounds that his personality definitely affected the age in which he lived. It is not a question of the cart before...
...developed that kind of thing to the art that Jean had-she'd probably come up with some ridiculous bullshit that Martin would see through immediately! And what would he do then? Yeah, what would he do then?! He couldn't just take it again! He'd have to let her have it! Tell her what to do, where to get off, and how to get off. No doubt about...
...into Boston and shec a sow-uh, see a show." (He was getting nervous again, damn it; he could feel his self-control evaporating like sweat.) "I can pick up the tickets on Monday. I'll call you Monday night and let you know what show it will be; I'm sure we'll have a real blast...
...First State Bank of Dodson, which simply followed that Panhandle community in decline, or at Big Lake, an oil and ranch town on the flatlands of West Texas, where billboards exhort passers-by to "pray for rain." Horace B. Rees, 64, president of the Big Lake State Bank, "let his heart overload his sense." as one customer says, and tried to lure industry to the town by loaning seed capital to dubious ventures. Big Lake, however, was deprived of banking services for only a week. Three groups bid for the charter, and a wealthy consortium of local oilmen and ranchers...
...barman is deft and quick. To a man who has no past or future to dilute its importance, this skill is wonderful. "The economist wanted to give the barman forty pounds," Kennaway writes. "He was carrying more than that. He wanted to shake the banknotes over the bar and let them drop amongst the tonics and beers like leaves. He put down a pound only and shoved the rest back in some pocket. The pain had been worse than this, a lot worse." Julian is on his way to see his mistress-and that fact is another kind...