Word: persons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...voyage of the Golden Rule Bigelow says: ". . . men are bound by old patterns of feeling, thought, and action. The organs of public opinion are almost completely shut against us. It seems practically impossible, moreover, for the ordinary person by ordinary means to speak to, and affect the action of, his government. . . . It is only by such acts as sailing a boat to Eniwetok and thus 'speaking' to the government right in the testing area that we can expect to be heard...
...ancient times," says Rhyne, "disputes between individuals were settled by brute strength in a fight. We have now largely progressed to a point where such person-v. -person disputes are settled un der the rule of law in the courts. But the rule of the jungle still largely prevails as the ultimate decider of disputes between nations. We must now progress to the point where the rule of law is applied in the courts to the disputes of nation...
...Opener Approach. No one viewing Kokoschka's work is likely to accuse him of over-idealization (see color pages); he himself refers to his subjects, most of them close friends, as "my victims." Explains Kokoschka: "My first aim is to find a streak in the personality of the subject, something that the photographer will not be able to reproduce. I have to break through the secret law and pattern of each person, as if I were using a can opener. Then I start painting with my eyes, my heart, my nerves, my antennae...
...intelligently religious person, knowing that religious preferences which divide people into sects are the result of indoctrination in childhood rather than of the greater truth, plausibility or superiority of any sect, will not hesitate to change to Brotherhood...
Uncomibird with Education. In Texarkana, Tex., the Gazette gave a spelling test to screen job applicants (sample answers: mislanison for miscellaneous, axsesserys for accessories, vacon for vacuum, uncomibird for unencumbered), found just one person who could make a perfect score: a 45-year-old housewife with an eighth-grade education...