Word: objective
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...calculated news leak prolifically and adroitly in his struggle to gain immunity against criminal prosecution. His adamant position also tempted the Ervin committee to cite him for contempt of the Senate. But the committee, in rare agreement with a balky witness, conceded that Dean had every right to object. Dean felt that the unfavorable leaks could influence people to doubt him before hearing him out, while the sketchy advance revelations of his charges could reduce their impact. Stung by all of the leaks, Chairman Ervin turned uncharacteristically harsh. "Some people," he said crisply, "don't have enough restraint...
Since 1971, the most significant contacts between North and South Korea have been through Red Cross teams. But last week, in a dramatic reversal of policy, South Korean President Chung Hee Park announced a large forward step. On nationwide TV and radio, he declared that "we shall not object to our admittance into the United Nations with North Korea"-an action he had previously sworn never to take. Park also said that he would open the doors to all nations, including socialist countries-possibly through trade contacts or even diplomatic recognition-if "those countries open their doors likewise...
...sports on which to sleep off the night before, or the meal, and to while away the time in between. And seclusion vanishes like hotcakes. The banks of the river Charles are likely to be packed with sunners, sleepers or cavorters who make either difficult. I suppose nobody would object to nakedness if you felt that you really needed it, but I've never seen it. (Four years ago a group of Radcliffe women were arrested running around without any clothes on in front of a camera crew on the highway because the spectacle had created a traffic...
...person of Hebrew race; an Israelite." He does, however, object to the second: "As a name of opprobrium or reprobation; spec. applied to a grasping or extortionate moneylender or usurer, or a trader who drives hard bargains or deals craftily." Acting as his own lawyer, Shloimovitz will ask the court to force the O.E.D. to delete definition No. 2 from all future printings...
Even that solution is too costly for the vast majority of Americans who take wine with their meals. Hence the search for wines that are not included in rated growths of Bordeaux, but are good nonetheless. Beaujolais is still a relative bargain, though many people might object to paying $9, say, for a Fleurie...