Word: leveller
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seems beyond their control. I don't want to dismantle the Federal Government-it's sort of heresy on my part to talk of decentralizing control-but I do think that a lot of the things now being done by Washington could be done at the local level and by private business. This would not only be more efficient; it would enrich the life of the individual, and that's what this country...
...ebullient host, Ceauşescu carefully avoided making any provocative statements that might have incurred Moscow's wrath; he is in enough trouble with Russia already. A series of recent head-on clashes with the Kremlin has so fractured relations that Rumania is no longer welcome at high-level Communist conferences. The open display of support from De Gaulle was thus a welcome boost to Ceauşescu, whose position in the Soviet-dominated camp is becoming increasingly isolated. While De Gaulle seeks to broaden his contacts in Eastern Europe, Ceauşescu hopes for more tangible economic...
Damaging Proportions. So far, the function of the substance, even in normal amounts, is unknown. Its level in the bloodstream generally rises under conditions of stress, however, so it is apparently involved in the biochemistry of tension and anxiety. In the schizophrenic patient, Gottlieb points out, tension and anxiety are already "out of control." Thus its level may rise unchecked to mind-damaging proportions. By coincidence, the Worcester Foundation research team working with Dr. John R. Bergen discovered and tested similar blood fractions simultaneously with the Lafayette team. They injected the substance into rats that had been trained to reach...
...Orleans, Miami and St. Paul have added Negro staffers. They are not easy to find since, as in so many other fields, too few Negroes have had training. Many stations are offering on-the-job experience to likely prospects and giving preferential treatment to black applicants. Network-level Negroes include ABC's U.N. Correspondent Mai Goode and some top local newscasters on network-affiliated stations, such as Bob Teague and Gil Noble in New York, Bill Matney and Les Brownlee in Chicago, and Mel Knox in San Francisco...
...Many of his statistics come from Government reports, and he naturally leans most heavily on the bleakest. Still, some of the citations are deeply disturbing: children under 18 compose 42% of America's poor; the average Negro who finishes high school has a mathematical ability below eighth-grade level and a reading ability not much higher; the President's Council of Economic Advisors estimates that only 22% of America's poor receive any kind of welfare or public assistance...