Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...time Johnson reached the crucial passage 35 minutes after his address began, many Americans had already switched off their television sets. Others had grown heavy-lidded. Still others slouched, fast asleep, before flickering tubes. Then, with the particular relish he derives from surprises, the President jolted his countrymen out of their Sunday somnolence with the biggest surprise of all. Said he, in a sentence that may already have earned its place among historic American quotations: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President...
...handout syndrome still characterizes welfare programs and, in particular, some of the clinics organized by city hospitals. The personalization of service was one of Dr. Salber's first steps as Director of the Center. Each patient is now given an appointment with the doctor of his choice, and to insure that they'll continue to come to the Center, patients are given new appointments before they leave. An attitude of "We care" has resulted in a tenfold growth in the number of mothers and children being seen...
...five cases, the defendants signed a stipulation admitting the sale of a particular copy of Avatar on a specific day. The five exceptions, which are being tried in full, involve the sale of obscenity to minors. Witnesses for the prosecution yesterday consisted of arresting officers and several minors, who were instructed by Cambridge policemen to purchase Avatar...
...expert will find even more frustrating the flat, jargonized writing and impenetrable tables of statistics that fill many of the pieces. But these particular difficulties are revealing. The contributors are talking with each other, not to the general public. This is fine to a point, but the Coleman Report was published two years ago and this is the first comprehensive treatment of its contribution to educational thought. As Kenneth Clark points out in the Review, publicizing the inadequacies of the present system is a key first step in spurring both whites and blacks to the political action that will bring...
Black went on to make clear, however, that while the Government may, if it wishes, make laws to restrict demonstrations and pickets, it must apply such laws equally. Concluded he: "These laws must never be used as a guise to suppress particular views which the Government dislikes...