Word: ness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...roar of gunfire, and a search for social progress in the news from Viet Nam last week. The nation's political Buddhists provided the smoke, trying to gain political advantage following the dismissal of General Nguyen Chanh Thi. A rising crackle of Red rifles signaled the growing aggressive ness of Communist troops...
...embodiment of American life. In its Promethean ambit of inter ests, its cultural diversity and kinetic verve, the city's heart sets the pace for the rest of the nation, and indeed much of the world. It is an unrivaled func tional framework for finance and busi ness, a rich lode of pleasure, a superb showcase for art, theater, music, fashion. At the same time, the "oceanic amplitude of these great cities," as Walt Whitman rhapsodized in 1870, has cast up a titanic tide of troubles...
...reasons, the Bond incident brings into serious question the representative-ness of the Georgia House. First, no legislature is representative if it abridges the rights of free speech of any of its members. Second, refusing to seat a duly elected member abridges the voting right, and the right to representation, of the member's constituents. Two of Bond's constituents, Dr. Martin Luther King and Mrs. Arel Keyes, have joined in sponsoring the petition on these grounds...
...night before, by local belief, demons of death stalked the village of Sotouboua (pop. 500) in northern Togo. Streets were deserted, and only the throb of a tom-tom broke the still ness. Next day the men of the village sallied forth to perform the ritual that is supposed to frighten demons away. Some wore fluttery feather headdresses and grotesque carved masks; others chewed the bark of a native bush until the drool stained their chins a deep orange color. Several of them gripped snakes and rats between their teeth...
Merger is a magic word in U.S. busi ness, but finding the right mate is harder for a company than for a bachelor...