Word: responded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Although it has been a full year since President Kennedy first proposed his tax bill to Congress, Johnson praised Byrd's committee for demonstrating "the ability of the Congress to respond clearly and promptly to pressing national needs." Byrd, he added, had shown "impartial chairmanship" of the group. But Johnson also warned that each day's delay before final passage "withholds from our economic blood stream $30 million, produces business uncertainty, and holds off business investment decisions that would create new jobs...
...best spirit of the political contest, he did get in a few slaps at Goldwater without mentioning Barry's name: "America will not-and it should not-respond to a political creed that cherishes the past solely because it offers an excuse for shutting out, the hard facts and difficult tasks of the present. The people of America want to know how the Republican Party proposes to meet the problems and opportunities of today-and not some notion of how it might re-create yesterday." And at a press conference in Concord, Rocky cut loose with a vengeance. Said...
Fickle Failing. Phausis splendidula males are made of far less discriminating stuff. Besides mating properly with Phausis females, they go for almost anything that shows a light. They have been known to try unsuccessfully for hours to mate with Lampyris females. They respond to dummies with lights that are unnatural red or blue, and they seem to prefer a dummy with a lure that is bigger or brighter than normal. Phausis females, also, are less resourceful than their Lampyris relatives. No matter how long they go unmated, they never wiggle their abdomens. Dr. Schaller believes that such Phausis dullness keeps...
...Whenever possible," says Orthodontist Dwight A. Jackson of Winston-Salem, N.C., "we pick inconspicuous appliances for the adult. But we can't let the factor of appearance handicap the work. Fortunately, there are some procedures that need only inconspicuous appliances, and some mouths that respond to appliances worn only at night...
...most popular of the liberal arts is the art of snowing the grader on exams, how should the grader respond? Last week this question cropped up in the first examination of examinations at Harvard in 25 years. The answer given by William G. Perry Jr., director of Harvard's Bureau of Study Counsel, is that snowbound student bluebooks should be divided into two classes. "Bull" is opinion without supporting facts. "Cow" is facts without understanding. If the grader has to make a choice between these two sharply-drawn categories, says Perry, he should take bull every time...