Word: mediums
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nuclear retaliatory force of such lethal power that an enemy move which brought it into play would be an act of self-destruction on his part. The United States has today hundreds of intercontinental bombers capable of reaching the Soviet Union, including 600 heavy bombers and many more medium bombers equally capable of intercontinental operations because of our highly developed in-flight refueling techniques. Our carrier strike forces and land-based theater forces could deliver additional hundreds of megatons. The number of our nuclear delivery vehicles, tactical as well as strategic, is in the tens of thousands; and of course...
...their own obscure tongue, Albanians call their land Shqiperia (Eagles' Country). In the north live the Ghegs, the tallest men in the Balkans; in the south are the medium-sized Tosks. All Albanians-whether Ghegs or Tosks-have had a bad name among their neighbors. The ancient Greeks cursed them as brigands, the Romans as pirates. But some visitors brought out favorable reports. Englishmen think the Albanians resemble Scots Highlanders, probably because they wear white kilts and have a moody Celtic temperament that inclines them toward always marching off to battle. A less romantic observer, Stalin, thought Albanians "rather...
Purpose & Pomposity. The advertising world, controlling a powerful medium to influence men's choice, is now begining to debate whether-and how-it should use that medium for society's good as well as its own. If admen are often fair game for critics, it may well be because they have too often pictured themselves as society's savior instead of its servant. "Some admen get pompous," snaps Foote Cone's Fax Cone, "and they come out with statements such as, 'Our lives are better because of advertising.' This is not true. Our lives...
REIMAR LUST, of the MacPlanck Institut , Germany, will discuss "The Solar Atmosphere and the Interplanetary Medium in Jefferson Laboratory...
Everybody seemed pretty happy; it was almost like a successful political rally. Applause greeted the assertion that "TV is an advertising medium disguised as entertainment." After this great feat of perception, Kazan revealed that ticket prices are too high on Broadway. "When I took my family to the theatre last week, the tab for the five of us was fifty dollars," he said, "and I resented it like Hell." (Scattered laughter and several nods of sympathy...