Word: prone
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...prone to be too complacent, too willing to conform, too ready to settle for the tried and proven," says John D. Rockefeller III, who maintains an active interest as board chairman of the foundation erected on his grandfather's wealth. "We tend to hang back, responding slowly to change, often with too little, and sometimes too late. Rather than venture, we dwell on the problems of yesterday, neglectful of the new needs of today and the impatient future...
...harder it tries, the larger the dangers are likely to become. In attempting a little political sophistication, in taking a quasi-French model, the local leaders are prone to become impatient with Adzope's "Africanness," and to toss out many of the traditions. Putting on a Western face, this attitude is tending to make many of its young people uneasy about their own background. But the new system is still a fragile organism, and it may not be able to stand the strain if the traditional culture is toppled...
...brain -had shown signs of deterioration from shortage of blood and oxygen. After Washkansky received Denise Darvall's heart, these organs improved enormously. One thing that his 30-man team learned from Washkansky's case, said Barnard, is that the recipient's body is less prone to reject a heart transplant than a kidney, so future patients will not be so heavily dosed with drugs to suppress the immune reaction. That means less danger of infection and more hope of lasting success...
...faithfulness But rarely is he known to snub A lady member of the club. The trouble is, this information Is all from jungle observation. When Reynolds wants a closer view He's forced to study in a zoo, And there like men, the apes in cages Are prone to sulks and lethal rages, Turn homo and refuse to play With any girl who comes their way, Lose all desire to drink or dance, Fall in a catatonic trance...
...Manhattan Behavioral Psychologist Andrew Salter sees it, the title of the pseudonymous novel The Exhibitionist refers to more than just the strip-prone heroine. It describes the author, David Slavitt - alias Henry Sutton - as well. Pseudonymous writers, says Salter, are basically exhibitionists; they are just dying to be found...