Word: possessives
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Besides being the most crowded society, Japan is, as Kahn says, "the most achievement-minded society in the world." The Japanese possess a keen sense of competition, sharpened by the fact that their shoulder-to-shoulder existence invariably makes for many rivals and few openings. This competitive spirit extends beyond Nippon's borders and instills a deep concern among the Japanese over their ranking in the world. They intend to move higher. To that ambition they bring a machinelike discipline, an ability to focus with fearful energy on the task at hand, and an almost Teutonic thoroughness in all pursuits...
...testimony before the committee last week. Louis H. Pollak, dean of the Yale Law School, said the candidate appeared to possess "more slender credentials than any nominee in this century...
Only a few hundred police stand against that event, for Lesotho is too poor to afford an army. The king, on the other hand, has a private cavalry-a formidable gang of red-blanketed horsemen-and many Basutos possess hunting rifles. Nor could the South African Government be prevailed upon to intervene for the Prime Minister. It dare not if it wanted to, for such interference in another country's affairs could set a dangerous precedent for South Africa herself...
Like most stereotypes, these caricatures possess a certain core of validity. They also help white America contain and numb the reality of past guilt and present injustice. Most important of all, they are less and less significant. After more than a century of patience and passivity, the nation's most neglected and isolated minority is astir, seeking the means and the muscle for protest and redress. Sometimes highly educated, sometimes speaking with an articulateness forged of desperation, always angry, the new American Indian is fed up with the destitution and publicly sanctioned abuse of his long-divided people...
Everything else would remain the same. Twenty-six fortunate U. S. cities would still possess pro football teams, whose players would buy homes, be the idols of the local youth, and otherwise bolster the local economy and morals. The only losers would be the sportswriters, who would no longer have an expense-paid, liquor-laden tour of a different city each weekend. But then, we all have to make little sacrifices to solve the agonizing crises of our times...