Word: manner
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...popular conviction that automobile accidents are the fault of drivers arises from the perception of aggressive behavior on the part of others (and one's self) in situations where it is clearly intended. Dr. Thomas Allison has suggested that men are more likely than women to drive in this manner and, further, that "Often an habitual traffic violator is impulsive when under stress, and is irresponsible in all his living experiences...
...Machiavellian (announcing first changes in mixer policy on the first day of final exams) and high-handed manner in which the Dean and Masters have handled this alleged problem is enough to raise any undergraduate's anger. After dictating what had to be done, Dean Watson, graciously (or should I say benevolently?) stated that HUC "should consider the whole isue of mixers." What is there left to consider for HUC except the practical problems of the implementation of the Dean's and Master's Dictat? This is the perfect example of HUC being forced to act as the Administration...
...politically motivated. Although some substantive issues played an important role, in the end political considerations governed the President's actions. And make no mistake about the decisions being Johnson's. The Selective Service System is merely a service organization that follows orders, drafting men for the army in a manner prescribed by law. Although draft director General/Hershey undoubtedly influenced the decision to retain the present order of call, the National Security Council- in effect, the President since he heads it-reached the final decisions. Hershey publicly announced the President's directives and will administer them, but he had little hand...
...SHOWOFF. An unwelcome son-in-law crashes like a wayward meteor into the mundane sphere of the earthy Fisher household and sets it ablaze with his inflammatory manner. George Kelly's 43-year-old comedy is revived...
...action takes place in the death cell of a U.S. prison, where Bakke, awaiting electrocution at midnight, ingeniously and humorously torments his guards, the warden and the priest who is making one last attempt to save his soul. McGrath has a rare English ear for U.S. speech and manner, and the actors, mostly unknowns, keep their American accents accurate and consistent...