Word: pursuits
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Mostly Bill Fulbright talked about education, about the pursuit of excellence, and about the improvement of American life. The trouble with foreign affairs, he said in effect, is that they have been interfering with these goals far too long. "The Cold War, it seems clear, has been an excuse as well as a genuine cause for the diversion of our energies from domestic well-being to external security," he told the teachers. "It has encroached upon our sovereignty; it has given the Communists the major voice in determining what proportion of our budget must be allocated to the military...
Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman advised the U.N. that in the event of "more intensive Indonesian attacks" Malaysia "would immediately seek United Nations assistance." At home, he called for preparations for "retaliatory action." British officers are restrained on the subject of "hot pursuit" of Indonesian marauders back into Indonesia. They would seriously strike Indonesia only if it actually bombed Malaysia or launched a massive invasion. What the British really expect is more of the same sort of hit-and-run harassment. But they have beefed up their guard, as one Whitehall official put it, in case "Sukarno goes...
...director, University of Wisconsin Geographer John Alexander, is to answer five basic questions: "What did Jesus say? Why did he say it? What did he do? Why did he do it? And, finally, what is the significance of the answers to these questions to me as an individual?" In pursuit of the answers, Inter-Varsity members read Salinger and Camus along with the Bible...
True to type, Single Girl longs to be chased as well as chaste. After a few rounds of parlor tag, it ends with a frenetic pursuit scene that slams the entire cast into fast cars and sends them caroming off to the airport, changing partners en route, bumping into things. All are understandably eager to get out of town, and their impulse to flee provides the film's first and only surge of audience identification...
Through Prickly Pear. Moursund is an all-round man in the best Texas tradition. He controls a local bank. He can survey land, brand cattle, ride a horse through prickly pear cactus, steer his Lincoln Continental through cedar brush in pursuit of game, drop a deer with unerring aim, then gut and skin the animal. To the Judge ranching is more of a pleasure than a source of income. Explains an associate: "He gets a real kick out of manipulating cattle from one pasture to another." He also enjoys food in quantity. When he speaks of a "couple of hamburgers...