Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fact that the Soviets are ahead or gaining in almost every category, noted Hyland, "may have no particular relevance to how a war is actually conducted. But the calculus will surely affect how we are perceived by our allies, the rest of the world and ourselves." During every U.S.-Soviet crisis in the postwar period, he noted, the U.S. has had a strategic advantage. The Cuban missile crisis of 1962 was a particularly dramatic example of the Soviets having to back down. But the Soviets could gain a similar strategic advantage by the early 1980s. That, said Hyland, would "make...
...third and outermost ring of roadblocks was set up. As drivers discovered to their discomfort, police stopped cars and leveled their guns at them, while soldiers stood at the ready in the background, sometimes behind sandbags. Tens of thousands of vehicles have been checked. Hundreds of suspicious youths, in particular, have been pulled into local police stations for verification of identity. Suspects have been detained, questioned, released. Clues have gone cold...
Meanwhile the Harvard Crimson, one student newspaper, has counseled that "the core will not solve one of Harvard's fundamental problems, the dearth of close association between students and faculty members." arvard's scientists in particular are massed against the proposal, arguing that it slights technologically oriented science courses and will discourage the "better students" in those areas from applying to Harvard. But, counters one proponent of the system, "the kind of science student who'd turn this place down because of the core is the kind who'd end up at M.I.T. anyway...
Following her discussion of women in politics, Bellamy talked about the problems of cities in general and New York City in particular...
...directors, Rieffel and David Frutkoff, have chosen to stage the play conventionally, focusing on characterization and plot rather than experimenting with tricky special effects. They competently coached the actors, allowing for the demands of the clues--the need for a particular character to be in a particular place without looking suspicious...