Word: refering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Vietnam war just or unjust? My answer to this question must be an ambiguous one, not because I lack an opinion but because of the complex nature of international affairs. In so far as we refer to the war's inhuman aspects and atrocities, there can be no hesitation in calling it an outrage or a tragedy. But war has its own logic. Once it starts, it is bound to go its way--out of the control of the engaged. A succession of brutalities and a subsequent accumulation of hostile feelings increases the impetus to war, thereby leading into unexpected...
...Story of F this gaily flecked moth who enchants the night with her musk (and by this I refer to the curious Miss Trepan) has indeed spread a queer and elusive scent. I am reminded of the Dutchman who when asked why he ploughed his canal boat up and down the same straight canal all his life, replied, "Because it is there." The Story of F is also there and a such must be dealt with...
...several governments with consulates in Hanoi were advised by the Communists that it was a "semaphoric" statement. Accordingly, they relayed to Washington the implication that an American bombing halt might result in peace talks. U.S. Hanoi-watchers were quick to note that the "could be" statement did not once refer to North Viet Nam's oft-repeated four-point conditions for negotiations; in particular, it did not mention the Viet Cong as a full-fledged negotiating partner from the start. Beyond that, there was a great deal of conjecture about several imponderables that may indeed be pushing North Viet...
...things as being stable, down-to-earth, ordinary in a sense. I don't want them to be 'An Experience.' " But he is willing to play the game of associating them with experiences. The 6-ft. steel cube known as Die, he explains, can refer to a matrix or mold, but it is also an imperative. In fact, he built it after having been injured in an auto accident, partly to express his rage with the world...
...manservant, performing tasks that industry cannot or does not care to manage by itself. In some fields, the line between the public sector and the private sector is already "nearly imperceptible," and before long "men will look back in amusement at the pretense that once caused people to refer to General Electric, Vickers or Du Pont as private business...