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Word: objectionably (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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The most obvious objection to SSTs is that they cause sonic booms. The problem, as Boeing engineers and the Air Force know so well, is inherent: since the SSTs' only virtue is their ability to go faster than subsonic planes, and since the increased speed inevitably means creation of a...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Here Comes the Boom | 2/13/1969 | See Source »

"The coupling of spirituality and political sentimentality" dismayed the Christian Century's editors, who assailed "those who find their security in sanctifying the status quo." Raising a different objection, the Rev. Dudley Ward, a general secretary of the United Methodist Church, thinks Nixon should attend local churches and not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: PRAYING TOGETHER, STAYING TOGETHER | 2/7/1969 | See Source »

Still, critics who believe that America's natural glories are seriously threatened today are appalled by the prospect of all that super-organization-and all that cuteness-which could lead to a village of Snow White Synthetic or Plastic Alpine. Moreover, the area around Mineral King would also be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: To Guard and Preserve? Or Open and Enjoy? | 2/7/1969 | See Source »

Not only did the Thugs kill without remorse but "with pleasure," as they confessed, sanctified by omens before and prayers afterward. Thug son succeeded Thug father in the family business as a matter of course. But even after as many as eleven generations had accumulated fortunes, Thugs and scions of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Throttling Down | 2/7/1969 | See Source »

Last week the ohne mich attitude once more became a major issue. Military Affairs Specialist Matthias Hoogen told the Bundestag that so many young men were counting themselves out that West Germany now has the highest rate of conscientious objection of any nation in the world. While only one out...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: Counting Them Out | 1/24/1969 | See Source »

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