Word: meek
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Beerbohm, a self-described miniaturist, once devoted an essay to a minister who asked a single meek question of Dr. Johnson. But in this age of miniaturization, Brendan Lehane has gone the Incomparable Max one less. He has devoted an entire book to a subject even more insignificant than an 18th century clergyman-the flea...
...those flinthearted skeptics and chimney-corner Christians who never really believed that the meek shall inherit the earth, let it be recorded that on Sept. 10, anno Domini 1969, at 8:43 p.m. (EOT), the New York Mets (TIME cover, Sept. 5), the court jesters of baseball for seven long, lugubrious years, marched triumphantly past the Chicago Cubs and into first place in the National League's Eastern Division standings. Naturally, in defeating the Montreal Expos 3-2 to achieve that pinnacle, the Mets committed three errors and struck out 16 times...
Most of the racket comes from automobiles, and most automobiles are small Volkswagens, assembled in Sāo Paulo. The whine of their four-cylinder engines and the beep of their horns are, at least to Brazilian ears, disappointingly meek. As a result, manufacturers of install-it-yourself kits do a booming business in noisemakers. The beetles' mewling toot is replaced by full-throated klaxons that belt out bars of hard-rock music or soar into the oscillating wail of European ambulances. The VW's short-stroke engine remains untouched, but its exhaust is channeled through complicated "extractors...
...meek little man sitting next to me, who had been too shy to answer a question I had asked him earlier, now shouted, "Gouge his eyes out!" This wasn't funny. It was scary...
Temper Tantrum. Considering the original provocation, what followed was a temper tantrum unmatched even in the annals of petulant Latin American military men. The generals, feeling surrounded by hostility from much of the Roman Catholic hierarchy, the press, the students and many businessmen, overreacted when even the meek Congress dared to defy them. Radio stations were ordered to stop broadcasting the result of the Alves vote. Censors and policemen invaded newspapers and press-agency offices. The respected daily O Estado de Sao Paulo was ordered to kill its morning edition because a critical editorial warned Costa e Silva...