Word: scalese
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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It was difficult for most people to fathom why Fortas, an astute attorney and author of a recent book that begins "I am a man of the law," would so jeopardize his position. Yet it was not the first time. Last year the scales against his confirmation as Chief Justice...
The crisis has endangered Lebanon's delicate political balance between its Christians, who generally oppose involvement in the Arab wars, and its Moslems, who are predominantly pro-fedayeen. Trying to tip the scales to the militants, Syria last week sent a group of guerrillas to attack a Lebanese military...
"People are just getting nuts about things," says Ruth Boyd, a dealer in Portland, Me. Nudged by demand, a fantastic avalanche of bear traps, Ball mason jars, Prince Albert tobacco tins, grocery scales and mustache cups is pouring onto dealers' shelves. The rust and dust of their long exile...
A second threat is that individuals undergo extensive "personality changes" after taking LSD--they drop out. Undoubtedly some people who drop out have taken LSD, but the very logical sequences the authorities use in determining scales of value and the causes of events preclude saying such major decisions about what...
Mystical Connection. In nature, male bees reproduce Fibonaccially, and the number of spiral floret formations visible in many sunflowers, spiraled scales on a pine cone and segments on the surface of a pineapple have been found to match Fibonacci numbers. The pattern of the branching of many trees, the position...