Word: prac
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...find answers, President Nixon has appointed a task force that includes prac tically his entire Cabinet and ordered it to report to him this fall on oil policy...
Brazil is ostensibly a Catholic country, but it is not really Catholic. African rites were brought by slaves, and the lower-class people who prac tice spiritism have adopted Catholic saints and some Catholic rituals. They use the Catholic icons to represent their African gods. Carnaval ends up as a time when the lower class uses the status of the rich white man's religion mixed with African gods-the ones the poor believe in. The celebration thus pulls the country together...
Then it was back to New York to begin his $60,000-$75,000 annual prac tice of what he calls "a more personal type of journalism." His basic reportonal posture he describes as "healthily jaundiced." "If someone wants something done on the scenic wonders of the United States," Newman says wryly 'he wouldn't call on me. I am not very good at expressing awe." That goes for television itself. When he isn't first-nightmg or anchoring an NBC show Newman catches up with his reading' I m not entertained," he says, "by television...
...beleaguered King Hussein, having to contend with Israel last week proved less of a problem than dealing with the Arab world. In the wake of Israel's four-hour retaliatory raid against the Jordanian border village of Samu (TIME, Nov. 25), Hussein suddenly found himself criticized by prac tically every Arab country and buffeted at home by the seething discontent of his people, most of whom favor a much tougher line toward Israel than the moderate King has seen fit to take...
...state the time and expense of a trial, I will let you off with a light sentence." The offer comes from a judge. The second party to the bargain is a nervous defendant accused of a crime, almost certain to be convicted, and tempted to "cop a plea." The prac tice is one of long standing. And it has advantages for the public as well as the accused: it clears crowded dockets and sometimes extracts information about other crimes and other criminals as part of the bargain. But is it proper...