Word: modern
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seems that some time between Da Vinci and World War II, the idea of a single candidate for "Man of the Year" has become impossible, presumptuous, and a little bit of a gimmick. The complexities of modern civilization indicate the diversity and richness of a Barnard in medicine, the Beatles in music, possibly a "Leary" Johnson in politics, and a Paul in peace. Is there a man who stands for all of these...
Photographer Ben Martin was confronted with unusually chill, murky, turbulent Gulf waters when he arrived in Morgan City, La., to photograph the diving bell Cachalot. Seeking clear water for picture taking, crewmen maneuvered the diving barge bearing Cachalot far out in the Gulf, where a modern Russian trawler with sophisticated electronic gear lurked near by with obvious curiosity about what was going on. The Cachalot was dangled beneath the surface from a 100-ft. boom while Martin, insulated by a hooded wet suit, tried to focus on it. When a wave swell, of which he in the ocean depths...
...addition to many technical books and articles, Hudnut wrote three popular works: Architecture and the Spirit of Man, Three Lamps of Modern Architecture, and Modern Sculpture...
...determined to resist and fight on and on until they have won "victory," meaning the reunification of Vietnam under Communist rule. Second, that the North Vietnamese war economy is organized in such a way that American bombing will not be able to crush it. "The Vietnamese have never known modern technology," comments Greene, "and so have never become dependent...
After graduating from Swarthmore Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude in Greek, he came to Harvard in the fall of 1966 on a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship to major in modern English literature. Although still protected by his 2-S graduate deferment, Ferber decided then that his religious and non-violent beliefs had matured sufficiently for him to apply for a 1-O deferment as a conscientious objector. He started out strictly legally, "playing the game their way," but circumstances and his own morality soon compelled him to a position outside...