Word: reflecter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cherry blossoms and forsythia across the yard made him smile. Off to his right. Caroline's swings and slides lent a touch of outdoor domesticity. Said the President, with an expansive wave: "Look at that. Isn't it great?" The President's mood seemed to reflect the nation's: for the moment, at least, the U.S. seemed far less interested in the TFX squabble, the NATO nuclear force, tax cutting, or even taxpaying. than in crocuses, curve balls and convertibles...
Nelson takes a more democratic view of affairs. "Seniority, in theory at at least, is a very poor idea." The Democratic steering committee, in making committee assignments, should "take seniority into consideration, but not be bound by it. The appointments ought to reflect the composition of the Senate. Under the rules, as they stand now, power gravitates unnaturally to the senior members." Yet Nelson isn't really dissatisfied; in the area where the Establishment is supposedly effective, committee assignments, he got what he asked for. He admits that aid from two powerful senior senators, Humphrey and Anderson, was decisive...
...important question before the HCUA tonight should not be whether Harvard will remain in the NSA, but how to select the College's representatives to the annual NSA Congress. In addition, the council might reflect on how Harvard can most effectively relate to the organization...
...also been disproven. In the face of new detection advances, Arthur E. Dean, head the United States delegation to the Geneva talks, stated last July that "it might become possible to dispense with international [on site] control stations." The Kennedy administration quickly declared that Dean's mark did not reflect U.S. policy, but it is becoming increasingly clear to both scientific and political authorities that Dean was correct. By asking for seven on-site checks, the U.S. has tacitly admitted that only a minimal number of inspections are really needed for a treaty...
...superiority in numbers, wealth and strength, and therefore in influence and initiative, of the U.S., is not in question. Nor is its integrity . . . [But] have the Americans paused to reflect that an alliance in which all the advanced and sophisticated technologies were left to one of the partners, and the rest were relegated to supply a complement of conventional arms in war, and in commerce a modest contribution of Scotch whisky and compact cars . . . would not ul timately succeed in retaining the loyalty of European electors...