Word: penchants
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fact, a carefully tailored message. By the number and variety of his proposals, the President clearly hoped to appeal to the liberal penchant for action and forge a political document with appeal to many groups across the nation; by the generally moderate nature of the proposals and the conciliatory tone of the argument, he hoped to appease the conservatives and soften their opposition to his program...
...ends. Perched on a concrete pedestal 6 ft. off the ground, the whole thing resembles nothing so much as a huge television set. The glass in the picture windows is specially treated to let in ultraviolet rays so that on sunny days the occupants can indulge in the Russian penchant for midwinter sunbathing. Looking in on such a scene, passers-by might well wonder what channel that show was coming...
...cigar chomper with a penchant for corny office signs (he has a "Panic Button" near his desk, and a sign that reads ARE YOU HERE WITH THE SOLUTION, OR ARE YOU PART OF THE PROBLEM?), Hank Barnes has already told the New York City traffic department that he will require both a day and a night driver for at least the next six months...
...drawing teacher was Kandinsky, a former Moscow economics professor who had left Russia with his young wife to escape the stifling atmosphere of the Czarist regime. Since he had a substantial income, Kandinsky treated art as a hobby. He was a gifted and elegant dilettante with a penchant for the curvaceous style of art nouveau and for literary scenes-knights slaying dragons, virgins sitting by lily ponds. Then he fell in love with Gabriele Munter...
...ultras provide some readymade solutions to such frustration: they argue strongly that the real root of the nation's problem is not Communism abroad, but Communist subversion threatening the U.S. at home. Appealing to the American penchant for action, they urge citizens to fight this subversion by keeping a close eye on their fellow citizens, scrutinizing voting records, writing letters and generally raising a hue and cry across the land. If they cannot fight the Communists in Cuba or Laos, at least they can fight the ones they think they see around them. "Don't worry about...