Word: pose
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Surrounded by Russia. He aims to pose the universal question of innocent man put to nothing by guilty authority. His hero is a Jew whose complaint against Gentiles is not that they are not Jews but that they are not Christians. He is called Yakov Bok (a name that suggests scapegoat), a Russian who is a stranger to Russia, who makes himself a stranger to his own Jewish tradition, and who is finally a stranger to everyone but the reader...
...Jerome Cavanagh. It had kind words for Oakland's John H. Reading, praised New Haven's Richard C. Lee and Atlanta's Ivan Allen Jr. Chairman Ab raham Ribicoff of Connecticut and New York's Robert Kennedy, both Democrats, went so far as to pose with New York Republican John Lindsay after some good-natured repartee during Lindsay's testimony. Grinned Bobby: "It must be National Brotherhood Week...
...does not pose a real military threat to Saigon; there are too many American and government troops in the area for the Communists to dare an out right attack. But Charlie is never far away, and he is now turning his efforts toward the disruption of the Sept. 11 nationwide election...
...first and last lines always have five syllables, its middle line seven. Today, grade school teachers in the U.S. are turning to it as a new tool to teach English composition. Asked to write their own haiku (pronounced high-koo), children find that its precise rules and free content pose delightful puzzles, with solutions limited only by the flexibility of their vocabulary and the fetters on their fancy...
...Scranton, he never had opposition serious enough to warrant the expenditure of really large funds. Though Shapp set a primary spending record that will probably stand for some time, big campaign expenditures are not uncommon in Pennsylvania-or, for that matter, in other parts of the U.S. Increasingly, they pose a disquieting problem for the candidate who lacks a massive bankroll...