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...knows how many auto accidents are caused by motorists whose reaction time is somewhat slowed by a small seepage of carbon monoxide into a closed auto. If the exhaust and manifold are in good shape and fitted tight, the auto is probably safe. But it's even safer to leave a rear window open a crack...
...quasi-Reichian notion that "holding back" is an damaging to a young man as introducing him to pederasty might be more convincing if Goodman were willing to offer his manifold partners continued commitment and support. But it is ludicrous to presume that his lovers cease to be infatuated with him at the precise moment he moves on to a new affair. Here again, he abdicates his responsibility...
...year. Moe's genius was to spot promising people in their 30s, give them time and money to make good their talents. No man has done more to nurture creative Americans (Physicist Arthur Holly Compton, Painter Jack Levine, Composer Aaron Copland, Novelist James Baldwin). Moe will continue such manifold interests as the presidency of the American Philosophical Society, but his infinitely painstaking talent hunt is over. Moe is not a bit sad: "I'm just as content as hell to turn this over to younger...
...since "an educated person must have an understanding of the forces changing the present, of the historical perspective, and of human sensibilities," Gold proposed intensive and universal education in the subject of evidence and in the logics used when evidence is diverse, manifold, and imprecise...
...specialists laid out $100 million in one day to cushion a panic price break after Eisenhower's heart attack). In the case of the American Exchange, said SEC, there was "a concentration of power in the hands of a small self-perpetuating group dominated by specialists," resulting in "manifold and prolonged abuses by specialists and floor traders...