Word: overseer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Simple Joys. Beauty pageants are one of the few surefire hits in TV programming. Last year such hey-look-me-overs as Miss USA, Miss Universe and a newer entry called Model of the Year ranked among the 20 highest-rated specials for the entire season. For men, the appeal...
So far as his advisers were concerned, this was Robert Kennedy's long suit. Despite the obvious difficulties posed by his bluntness and verbal outrage, Kennedy's message had a purpose: to console and reassure America's "outs"--bitter blacks, exploited farm workers, and war-weary students. These were the...
THOUSANDS of words have been written about the student sit-ins and take-overs that have spread across American colleges in the past several weeks. But no one has made the most obvious point--they work.
The alternative--bringing in police to rout the demonstrators--is simply too much for university administrators to stomach. Columbia proved that point perfectly. Unless administrations move quickly now to give students the representation they want--to put them in decision-making positions--the sit-ins and the take-overs will...
WEST GERMANY, with $2.3 billion in U.S. investments, has a "favorable" attitude toward foreign investment but offers no incentives. Rich and stable, West Germany is an attractive country in which to place a business. But Germans are emotional about U.S. investment. There is fear of American take overs of key...