Word: seeing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...should a TV celebrity who becomes annoyed when his fans recognize him off-camera really worry that he is part of a disappearing crew? (See TELEVISION, "Mr. Brinkley Goes to New York...
...What happens when a splenetic mayor, who does not take the mildest kind of criticism in good grace, thinks that a loquacious politician, whose ambitions he did not approve of, has become cheeky? (See THE NATION, "Of Heart and Spleen...
...find in the world's proverbs valuable clues to the history of human intelligence? What is the origin of such familiar advice as "Waste not, want not"? (See BEHAVIOR, "The Wild Flowers of Thought...
...system would be a stabilizing influence among the nuclear powers, a necessary addition to the U.S. arsenal, a strong lever in prospective arms-control negotiations?and the savior of tens of millions of lives in the event of nuclear war. The project's foes, on the other hand, see the ABM in itself as a threat to peace?a new source of fuel for the already flaming arms race and a potentially voracious consumer of resources urgently needed for a lengthening catalogue of domestic ills. Beyond that, the critics contend, there are reasons to doubt that...
...billed as a "thin" defense, suitable only against a Chinese attack. Yet some of its strongest supporters?and critics?view it as the beginning of a "thick" shield to counter Russian strength. One point seems certain: if Washington and Moscow decide to invest heavily in ABMs, the world will see a new watershed in nuclear weaponry...