Word: quests
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hope that if the Vietnam situation takes a turn that permits us once again to conduct our affairs on the basis of deliberate intention, rather than just yielding ourselves to be ship-sawed by the dynamics of a situation beyond our control, we will take up once more the quest for concept as a basis for national policy...
...quest for diversification, Mr. Mac has been trying for years to break into the ranks of civilian-airplane manufacturers. And he has been repeatedly frustrated. In the late 1950s, he sank $15 million into a four-engine turbojet transport intended to be a corporate plane or Air Force trainer. Nobody would buy it. "That was the time," says McDonnell ruefully, "that old Mac got doodlebugged again...
Matter of Mood. In his quest for admission, Wilson now knows that he can count on Italy, Belgium, The Nether lands and Luxembourg for enthusiastic support, on West Germany for token support. And France? The British believe that Charles de Gaulle might hesitate to alienate the other five by black balling Britain as he did in 1963, but that he may try to delay its admission. A delaying operation by even so consummate a strategist as De Gaulle can not last forever. In the long run, the British feel certain of getting in because they believe that the historic trends...
Luce was interested in the quest for the historical Jesus. To him, God was a phenomenon to be prodded and investigated as well as prayed to, and nothing fascinated him more than theological speculation and debate. A woman seated next to him at a dinner was once startled when Luce turned and inquired: "What do you think of the resurrection of the body?" His deep interest in religion early gave TIME's Religion section a theological dimension when most of the press was concerned about Saturday church notices...
...reduced athletic emphasis of Ivy schools -- even one so much in the swim as Yale -- is bound to hinder Schollander in his quest for future Olympic medals. At the University's of Southern California, for example, they spend four hours a day in the pool...