Word: saliently
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...short, to define a phrase which expresses the workings of an idea in the hands of hundreds or perhaps thousands of people is to ignore one of its most salient features -- mysterious happenings -- and commit it to an orthodox fate...
...Levinson implies, Frankfurter is not subject to either of these criticisms of Holmes. Frankfurter's social concern and activity was one of his most salient qualities. And he did not share Justice Holmes's skepticism. Indeed, he had a passionate, "almost childlike," belief in democracy. But, while this belief may be consistent with a belief in judicial restraint, it is not consistent with the realities of life. What Professor How calls Frankfurter's "innocent misjudgment" that "his intensities were matched in most other human beings" might be seen by a less sympathetic critic as blatant unrealism--more appropriate to someone...
...pause of some days, presumably to test the Pakistani reaction. When nothing happened, the Indians moved forward two weeks ago in regimental and brigade strength. Two Pakistani hilltop positions were stormed at dawn. In the Punch-Uri sector, the Indians advanced 25 miles into Pakistani territory. A large salient in the 1949 U.N. cease-fire line that bulged toward Srinagar was swiftly erased, and India announced that the occupied ground was now Indian, as were the 5,000 dazed peasants who lived there...
...wildly cheered in Parliament. The government radio announced the "liberation" of 5,000 people and the establishment of Indian civil administration in the "liberated" areas. While they were at it, Indian troops decided to "correct" the cease-fire line where it bulged toward the Kashmir capital of Srinagar: the salient was reduced from about 80 miles to 16. In New Delhi, a top official announced: "The United Nations has not been able to see to it that the cease fire line is observed. India has taken the task upon itself...
Mario Savio, the student chiefly responsible for the dustup, said: "It sounds like a great report." And Byrne won other support. Regent Buff Chandler called it "a good piece of research, well written, with many salient points." Her family newspaper, the Los Angeles Times, published all 85 pages. Governor Pat Brown called it "very thoughtful, very provocative, a good report." U.C.L.A.'s Chancellor Franklin Murphy agreed with its major points...