Word: modern
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Hammett established a character type that dominated American mystery writing, and still reappears in one form or another in James Bond, Matt Helm, and the rest of the gang. But Hammett's characters, Sam Spade, Nick Charles, and the others, were different from their modern apostles. Because they were more than detectives, smart, tough guys. They were people that you really wanted to meet, to talk to, to learn from, and later go with to the local bar and have a great time...
...informal series of seminars on the social relevance of geology. An undergraduate supporter of this proposal argued, "Many undergraduates in the department are not sure of the relevance of what they are studying. These people would really benefit by studying the impact of geology on the modern world...
...published next month by London's Institute for Strategic Studies, Yehoshafat Harkabi, a former chief of Israeli intelligence, warns that "subversion may become a feature of our lives for a length of time that no one can foresee. It might become like the toll of traffic accidents modern societies have to pay." Over the long run, there is perhaps a danger that the fedayeen campaign may strike severe blows at Israeli democracy, as ever more repressive measures are required to hold down terrorism...
...29th President of the United States and sometimes almost creates the illusion the body is twitching with life. Manfully he rates Harding as "an astute and able Ohio politician" and "above all, a kindly man." But he is up against one of the great political still lifes of modern times. The personal portrait that emerges reveals a man notable mainly for his mediocrity of mind and spirit-a rather lazy fellow for whom somebody else always had to open the door when opportunity knocked...
...much on the intentions of the scholars as their isolation. They defined and redefined the problems facing the U.S., but they refused to go beyond the definitions. They refused to even consider the directions in which solutions might lie. In a conference which decided that bureaucracy in large, modern states threatens the power of individuals, no one mentioned Yugoslavia's experiment in worker participation. The problems and prospects for community control and de-centralization in the U.S. were mentioned only very briefly. The sense of urgency seemed lacking, buried in reasoned discussion. The student observers at the conference...