Word: roote
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...laws and congressional regulation of interstate commerce. In 1945, after the court had reversed itself, the McCarran-Ferguson Act put all insurance under state supervision. But many Congressmen now believe that the states are flunking the auto-insurance part of their job. A Senate subcommittee has called for a "root and branch" investigation of the entire industry. President Johnson echoed the request in his State of the Union message last week, and Senate hearings are due this spring. One likely result is that the McCarran-Ferguson Act may be amended to impose federal standards on lax state insurance commissions...
...Mozart and Bach, or unfolds the subtle poetry of Schubert. Yet these are not fatal flaws in a conductor of his age. What is important is that he has the right foundation to build on. The visceral spark is primary; the intellect and poetry can come later. Without the root intuition, the other qualities would never fully bloom...
There is a great tradition within the church and synagogue which has always struggled against the conservative and worldly forces that have always been in control. It is a radical tradition, a tradition of urgent impulse to go to the root of the religious dimension of human life. This tradition in modern times has tried to recall us to the best ways of living our lives: the way of love and compassion, the way of justice and respect, the way of facing other people as human beings and not as abstract representatives of something alien and evil. It tries...
...undue advantage to the Communists, who enjoy the sanctuary of national borders, Westmoreland is convinced that it is a worthwhile handicap. When the enemy forces do succeed in entering South Viet Nam, he points out, they disrupt the local population, strengthen guerrilla activities, and become harder than ever to root out. It is far better, in his view, to fight the main-force units in the comparative emptiness of the frontier areas, where civilians are not endangered and the full might of U.S. firepower can be employed. Besides, if Cambodia does not soon police its own borders, U.S. commanders...
...recipient of the $500 NFF scholarship, Bersin is in the company of such outstanding college seniors as U.C.L.A. quarterback Gary Beban, Stanford fullback John Root, Yale guard John McCarthy, and Princeton halfback Bob Weber...